I'm hale and hearty, still in Nigeria
– Buhari

on january 19, 2015 at 12:47 am in headlines
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Clears air on health, certificate, PTF, foreign
trip
Accuses PDP of playing politics of
desperation
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—All Progressives Congress, APC,
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu
Buhari, yesterday, dismissed doubts about his
medical and educational fitness for the
presidency describing such allegations as
distractions by the ruling People’s Democratic
Party, PDP, to deviate from the core
campaign issues of corruption and
incompetent leadership.
Accusing the PDP of desperation having run
out of ideas, Buhari at a press conference in
Abuja, further challenged the ruling party to
address the fallout from the poor
management of the economy which he
claimed made many Nigerian workers to
spend the last Christmas hungry.
The press conference by Buhari, the first by
any of the major presidential candidates
followed wild allegations of his alleged ill-
health and lack of the educational
qualification for the election.
The speculations around Buhari followed
newspaper reports at the weekend which
alleged that the former head of state was
about to travel abroad on account of his
alleged ill-health.
Debunking the reports, Buhari described the
medical report widely circulated online at the
weekend as forged as he said that the
Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
which reportedly issued the report has
disclaimed it as a forgery.
My health — Buhari
According to him: “I was at Nasarawa and
Benue states yesterday (Saturday). Tomorrow I
am going to be in two states. The day after
tomorrow in two more states. I am doing
two states per day. How they got the
impression that I was sick I do not know
although I got cold and that did not stop
me from going through my schedule.
“I don’t know of this desperation. The issue
we are telling Nigerians is that of corruption
in this country for the last 16 years PDP
has literally destroyed this country. This is
the issue and what has my health got to do
with that one?
“Document have been put in the papers, on
twitter that I am sick but the ABU said
they are forged documents. This desperation
is beyond my understanding.”
When asked by a reporter to make a
categorical statement on his state of health,
Buhari jokingly asked the reporter: “How old
are you? 50 years? I am telling you if we
go to the field, you would not last the
time I will last in the field.”
The alleged trip
Campaign officials further disclosed to
Vanguard, yesterday, that the proposed trip
by Buhari was upon a request by the United
States Department of State which was
desirous of sounding him out on his views.
The trip according to a campaign official
scheduled by the State Department towards
January ending had not been agreed to by
the Buhari campaign team.
“Yes Buhari was invited by the State
Department for an interaction but he has
not been able to fix a date for it because
of the hectic campaign schedule and it is
our view that he may not have the time for
the trip,” the campaign official said.
Academic Certificates
On the issue of his certificates, Buhari
expressed surprise that all hell has been let
loose on the issue, wondering where his
accusers were when the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, cleared him to
contest the previous elections in 2003, 2007
and 2011.
“I have contested three times under the same
rules set by the INEC. I was allowed to
contest all these elections because my
certificate was in order and there were
individuals that wrote to the United States
War College and the college answered them
and it was published by some of your
papers. So really this desperation of
misinformation that is being passed around
will do nobody any good because our minds
are being taken away from the serious issues
of corruption and incompetence by the PDP”,
he said.
Petroleum Trust Fund
Buhari, who was chairman of the defunct
Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, also responded to
renewed accusations of corruption against him
in the management of the PTF.
“That one has been cleared. There was no
fraud in PTF. There was an investigation and
General Obasanjo has answered that question.
He confirmed that there was an investigation
and the report was brought to him and
there was nothing on the ground as far as
my management and chairmanship of the PTF
was concerned. So what else can I say when
the person who did the investigation because
he was the Head of State cleared me? So
what else can I say?”
On the current state of the economy, Buhari
slammed the PDP, saying they should
concentrate on paying workers’ salaries than
playing politics with his health.
“Well, the country is broke now. How many
states could not pay their workers’ salaries?
Even in December most families were hungry
during Christmas because they could not pay
their salaries, yet they are talking about an
individual’s health instead of paying the
people”, he said.

CCsurplus007:
Good health to the General. After May 29, you would start working hard to take Nigerian and Nigerians to greatness once more.

Garrithe1st:


Fixed...

CCsurplus007:


lol I did not write that. Thats impersonation explain yourself

Ikengawo:

beopened:
By the time PDP and Jonathanians realise their folly,elections would have been long conducted and Buhari would have emerged as the President elect

For the first time,it is obvious that PDP is jittery hence their recourse to cultic and street-like behaviour

Over the course of 3months till date,i have spoken to over 200 people via several media,over 95% of them are stubbornly rooting for GMB. These are people who 4years ago loved GEJ to death

Some of them even unfriended me from some social media platform when i was using my BB then to broadcast Pro-Buhari messages but they are more Buharist than even me today owing to their realisation that PDP/GEJ have deliberately allowed Nigeria to go to ruins via Corruption and Insecurity