THE All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has continued his campaign for the February 25, 2023 election, making recurring gaffes that have left many doubting his mental fitness to lead Africa’s most populous nation.

Since he formally declared his interest in the presidency on January 10, the former Lagos state governor has spoken incoherently and erroneously several times in public while his aides labour to quell the aftermath.

Here are ten gaffes the APC presidential candidate made this year.

1: Expired PVCs

Addressing market women who visited him in Abuja in January, Tinubu told his guests that the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) they kept with them had expired. “In case they do not announce to you on time, the PVC you have has expired.”

But the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) countered him and confirmed he misinformed Nigerians.

Tinubu apologised through a statement by his media aide, Tunde Rahman.

“Immediately upon being apprised of this, Tinubu apologised for the incorrect statement and felt sorry for any confusion it may have caused.”

2: Recruitment of 50 million soldiers

In March, Tinubu said at a colloquium celebrating his 69th birthday in Kano state that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million soldiers to boost the nation’s security forces.

According to Tinubu, the recruits “will eat cassava, agbada, corn (agbado is corn in Yoruba language), in the morning, yam in the afternoon…”

His aide, Tunde Rahman, again admitted his principal had committed a blunder and apologised.

“Asiwaju seeks the expansion of security personnel by 50,000 for the armed forces, not the 50 million that was mentioned in error. It was an accidental verbal mistake of which we all commit from time to time, especially when reciting a series of large numerical figures.

“He did not mean 50 million youths, which is almost a quarter of our total population.”

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