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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, has disclosed that the president is still nursing the knee he had surgery on in 2021.
Recall that Tinubu had a knee surgery in London in 2021. This was before the commencement of the campaigns for the 2023 general elections.
Speaking on the president’s health status in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, Onanuga said Tinubu has no ailment, adding that he is still nursing the knee he had surgery on.
“No, he was not sick. We made this clear to Nigerians. Tinubu was as fit as the fiddle in the run-up to that election. Before that campaign began, I think a year before, he went for knee surgery, which was not a secret as President Buhari even went to see him in London when he was recuperating.
“So, that was what he went to do– knee surgery. That was why he could not walk properly.
“When you do knee surgery, you cannot be walking like a 25-year-old man. He is still nursing it up till now because it was a major surgery. It is not that he has any other ailment,” the presidential aide said.