A viral video of the visit of the Northern caucus of the House of Representatives to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu in London has shown that he still has the ambition to become Nigeria’s President in 2023.
Tinubu was greeted with “Mr President, see you soon,” to which he responded, “Thank you.”
There have been speculations that the former Lagos State governor wants to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, but he has not publicly declared his intention.
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However, a delegation of the northern caucus in the House, led by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, seemed to confirm that Tinubu is still being positioned to succeed Buhari despite his ill health.
VIDEO: Nigerian Lawmaker Calls Ex-Lagos Governor, Tinubu ‘Mr President’ During Visit In London pic.twitter.com/g51AF9juTd
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On the entourage were the Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata; Chairman, House Committee on the Army, Abdulrazak Namdas; Blessing Onuh, daughter of former President of the Senate, David Mark; Sada Soli, among others.
A member of the delegation who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Punch that the visit was to endorse Tinubu for President.
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The lawmaker said, “We in the North (House of Representatives caucus) are kind of endorsing his candidature because he is a national leader and you know that he is (reportedly) aspiring. Whether you like it or not, he wants to be President of this country. So, we felt that if the northern caucus of the National Assembly – in the House of Reps – would come to see how he is recuperating, we thought that it would mean so much.
“He really appreciated our coming because he said he rated our coming second after the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari. He mentioned that governors and others came but this is a mini Nigeria in the House of Reps, for the entire northern caucus to find time to come and see how he is faring.
“He stood up and walked. I’m sure you have seen the video. I think he has recovered; he is not doing badly at all – this is not politics. I think because of his age, he has to still go for physiotherapy and things like that. These are things that will take time for him to fully do some politicking. He will soon come back to Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, in one of the videos from the visit, which has gone viral on the Internet, the lawmaker representing Guevara/Suleja/Tafa Federal Constituency in Niger State, Lado Suleja, called Tinubu “Mr President.”
The lawmakers were seen accompanying Tinubu to a waiting car, during which Suleja said, “Mr President, see you soon,” and the ex-governor replied, “Thank you.”
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It was gathered that Tinubu, who has gone on medical trips this year alone, had surgery some months ago.
He also had another knee surgery at the John Hopkins University Hospital in Maryland, US.
The APC National Leader has been off official and party functions in the country for a long time, amidst talks that he is being positioned for the 2023 presidency to succeed the incumbent repressive regime of Buhari.
An authoritative source said at the time: “Tinubu is hospitalised in Maryland, US. His health is failing. He couldn’t participate in launching his Arewa library, and he couldn’t participate in the Local Government Area elections last week. He could not attend today’s APC congress due to health reasons.
“He had surgery last week.”
In January 2021, Tinubu was also reported sick and hospitalised in Paris, France. Tinubu had earlier complained of exhaustion and had travelled out to rest before the news of his collapse gone viral.
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He was flown to Paris for medical attention in the first week of January.
Tinubu had on June 15 reported to be in Paris, battling with some old-age illnesses.
“Tinubu is in Paris, France for a medical checkup. His health is deteriorating. Old age and other stuff, but he still wants to be president. This could mean another medical tourism presidency for our country,” a top source had revealed at that time.
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