On Saturday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, denied claims of age fraud leveled against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu, who was born on March 29, 1952, is 70 years old, according to official data filed to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The former Lagos State governor’s age, on the other hand, has been closely scrutinized and discussed.
During a brief speech at the joint APC presidential and governorship rally in Lagos, Gbajabiamila defended the APC.
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Speaking on wooing hesitant voters, whom he described as a “very small number outside,” he asked APC members in the audience to address certain public worries about Tinubu’s eligibility for office.
“They will ask you a lot of questions. I want to tell you what to tell them. There is something called Frequently Asked Questions. When they ask you, who is Tinubu, tell them Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House said Tinubu is the greatest politician in modern-day Nigerian politics,” he said.
“They will ask you, ‘How old is he? What is his age?’ Tell them that Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House said he is the age his mother said he is. And if they doubt his age, they should go and meet his mother to reconfirm.”
Tinubu’s mother, Abibatu Mogaji died on June 15, 2013 at the age of 96.
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“They will tell you, ‘But they said he did not go to school.’ Tell them that I, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House, said he is more educated than all the contestants put together,” the Speaker said.
In response to reports that Tinubu was indicted in the United States, Gbajabiamila advised APC supporters to simply inform skeptics that “the Americans have repeatedly stated that they do not know what they are talking about.”
He further refuted claims of corruption leveled against Tinubu by claiming that the APC presidential candidate was never proven guilty, while attributing the selection of two Muslims to a divine purpose.
“They will say, ‘But they say that he is corrupt.’ Tell them he is the most investigated Nigerian presidential candidate in the history of Nigeria, and nothing has been found on him,” the Speaker said.
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“When they ask about a Muslim vice president, tell them that God is moving mysteriously in ways that they cannot understand; that he is about to do something in Nigeria.
“Tell them, in Shettima, God is about to live out the scripture of the rejected stone that became the cornerstone. If they ask you, what has he done to develop Nigeria, tell them he has developed men and women who in turn have developed Nigeria.
“Tell them to give you one name of any other candidate that has developed men and women of consequence today in the Nigerian political and socio-economic development.”
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