I’m not sick – Atiku reacts to ‘limping’ video

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to a video on social media suggesting he is sick.

The former vice president has maintained that he is in good health condition.

A video had gone viral on social media, of Atiku limping as he returned to Nigeria in preparation of the Osun State gubernatorial election.

The media aide of the former presidential candidate, Paul Ibe, has dismissed claims, stating that mischief makers were sponsors of the reports.

The statement reads partly: “Our attention has been drawn to a report and a video in a section of the media purporting to be of an “ailing” Atiku Abubakar being helped strapped to his car seatbelt by an aide.”

“Nothing can be further from the truth. For the records, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in robust good health.”

“We would not ordinarily have responded to this mischief, but for the impression that it will create in the minds of Nigerians, which is exactly the objective of the purveyors of this fake news.

“We wish to state that Atiku is not averse to scrutiny because of the consequential nature of the 2023 elections. However, it is our position that such scrutiny must not be predicated on a slash and burn rogue journalism as is the case with this contrived report.”