Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has admitted that her father fell ill some time ago.
Tracknews reports that Tinubu had at different times in 2021 travelled abroad for medical treatment amid his aspiration to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former Lagos governor underwent knee surgery in the United States before relocating to London for physiotherapy.
Speaking at an event on Monday, Tinubu-Ojo said her father had recovered from his health challenges and is fully fit and healthy to succeed President Buhari in 2023.
The Iyaloja of Lagos also dispelled rumours about his father having health issues, stressing that there is no need to worry about the health of the former governor.
She said: “Everybody can say whatever they like. Even vehicles break down. He (Tinubu) was down for some time. He was taken care of; now he is healthy. It’s very obvious, we can see it.”
Reacting to her father’s chances of becoming the next Nigeria’s leader, Tinubu-Ojo, said the crisis rocking the party will not affect her father’s chances of winning the election.
Tinubu-Ojo, who is the grand patron of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu Support Group, expressed confidence that the APC national convention would hold on the 26th of March.
“I believe strongly the convention is going to hold on the 26th of March, In sha Allah (God willing),” she said.
