Bayo Onanuga, director of media and public relations for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, dispelled rumors about a viral photo purportedly of the party‘s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
The photograph depicted an elderly guy resembling Tinubu being assisted by a white caretaker to get out of bed.Infomation Guide Nigeria
The absence of Tinubu at Thursday’s official signing of a peace accord by political parties and presidential contenders sparked rumors about his whereabouts.
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In a statement issued to Saturday PUNCH on Friday evening, Onanuga reported that Tinubu was sleeping at his London residence and prepared for the ‘grueling’ campaigns.Jamb Result
He said, “Here is a fake photo of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu forwarded to me just now, another handiwork of purveyors of deep fake. Whoever is behind this malicious falsehood will face the judgment of God at the right time. The man in the photo does not look like Asiwaju, except for his baldness. The man is fatter. Tinubu is slimmer.
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“Look at the frame of his glasses, it is certainly not Tinubu’s trademark frame. Let me assure Nigerians, who genuinely want to know Tinubu’s whereabouts, that he is in London, in his house.
“Tinubu left Nigeria on Saturday night for a short break and in readiness for what will certainly be a grueling campaign. I saw him and spoke with him two hours before he left. He was hale and hearty. He was not ill. He didn’t go to treat any ailment.
“We spoke today at about 2 pm. And he told me how his one-week retreat has not made any difference. He was still working like in Nigeria. Today, he still burnt his candle till 4.30am.
“Nigerians should stop spreading rumours about Tinubu, who by the grace of God and fellow Nigerians, will be elected our leader next February. We should learn from the divine fate of the man who wished Tinubu dead.”
