The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, has clarified the issue concerning his health.
Buhari said that he only had cold and nothing like cancer, saying the speculations were all part of a campaign of calumny against his person by The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He spoke on Sunday at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
The APC flagbearer expressed his anger on the desperate attempt by members of the Peoples Democratic Party to spread misinformation in the country “despite the serious issues of corruption in the land”.
Buhari spoke at the Rivers State Governors Lodge in Abuja.
With him were the APC governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai; a former Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and other party chiefs.
A livid Buhari said it was unfortunate that the ruling PDP has so far concentrated “too much energy” on his state of health and academic certificate, leaving serious state issues unattended to.
He said: “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.
“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.
“A national daily reported that I was to jet out for medical check up yesterday but here I am.
“I was at Nasarawa and Benue States yesterday.
“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 that I have been sick on daily basis?
“And documents have been put on paper, on Twitter that I am sick and the ABU said they are forged documents.
“This desperation is beyond my understanding.”
On his involvement in the alleged missing fund in the Petroleum Trust Fund, Buhari said: “That one has been cleared.
“There is no fraud in PTF.
“There was an investigation and General (Olusegun) Obasanjo has answered that question.
“He confirmed that there was an investigation and the report was brought to him and there was nothing on ground as far as my management and chairmanship of the PTF was concerned.
“So, what else can I say?
“The person who did the investigation, because he was the Head of State, he has cleared me.”
The former Head of State also declared that since all his certificates were in order, he is qualified to contest for the presidency for the fourth time.
He said: “I had contested three times under the same rules set by INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission).
“There is a basic education qualification you must have and I was allowed to contest all those elections because my certificate was in order.
“There were individuals that wrote to the United States War College.
“The college answered them and it was published by some of your papers.”
