The presidential candidate of the
Nigeria’s opposition party, the All
Progressive Congress (APC), Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (rtf), has denied
that ill-health is hindering his
campaign across the South-South region in Nigeria. A campaign aide
who spoke to our correspondent
called the rumor making rounds as
another effort by the PDP-led
government to malign their
candidate.

The aide who spoke to us under the
condition of anonymity because he
was not authorized to speak on the
candidate’s health denied that
Buhari collapsed in Calabar while
addressing party faithful at a stadium. He said that what happened
at the event was that the 72-year-old
retired general tripped on his
wrapper but quickly regained his
composure and went on to address
a large crowd that had gathered to hear him. On the delayed campaign
stop at Benin City, Buhari’s campaign
aide said that it was cancelled at the
request of the Edo state governor,
Comrade Adam Oshiomhole. Buhari,
he said, would now move on to the next stage of his campaign stops at
Enugu and Anambra states. Buhari’s
political opponents have made his
age an issue in this campaign. At a
stop in Port Harcourt, he told
Channels TV that he was in good health and had what it would take to
manage a country as complex as
Nigeria. Health of political office
holders is a matter of great interest
to Nigerians after the passing away
of a sitting president in 2010. President Umaru Yaradua’s death
from an ill-health that was existing
before he ran for office caused a
political crisis that upended his
party’s rotational formula. Some
analysts believe that the current crisis threatening the political
fortunes of the ruling People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, stems from
that incident. Buhari was in Aba and
Umahia earlier today visiting
traditional rulers and addressing rallies, his aides said he is on his way
to Abakaliki in Ebonyi state from
where he will proceed to Anambra
and Enugu tomorrow.

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