Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called on Nigerians to speak against attempt to force any presidential candidates nursing a secret ailment on the nation in 2023.
This is as the group asked citizens to come out with convincing evidence that one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not fit to contest the presidency in 2023 due to his health.
Spokesman of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, stated this on Friday following the Monday’s declaration for the top job by the former Lagos State Governor, who returned to the country in October last year after his three-month medical trip to the UK for a knee surgery.
According to the group, Nigeria must be saved the agony of having any President with health challenge to run the country.
“If people have issues or evidence about his (Tinubu) health, let them come out and speak. Let them provide evidence that he is not strong enough to contest for the Presidency or hold the office.
“The people, who have the evidence that Tinubu is not strong enough for the office of Presidency, should save us the agony of having a sick President in office. They should speak out,” ACF stated.
For instance, the northern group cited the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, who was sick and died in office, leaving the country in constitutional crisis.
“So, if we know that somebody is sick, we should not allow him to take over that office. It is a serious office that will determine the future of millions of citizens. In a complex country like Nigeria, we should not allow somebody that is not medically fit to occupy such office and mess all of us up.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is always travelling abroad for medical attention, and Nigerians would be organising demonstrations to force him back home. It was really embarrassing. We should not allow such things to happen again,” Yawe added.
