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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is critically ill at the moment, leading to his near-death experience at the Abuja Airport, when he suddenly slumped, gasping for breath, soon after return from Kaduna rally, on Monday, October 17. He was instantly rushed to Paris, France for urgent medical attention.
Revealing this on his official FaceBook page on Tuesday evening, former Aviation Minister and APC chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, said: “He complained of dizzy spells and severe pains in his head and all over his body throughout the flight to Abuja, and after landing at Abuja airport, he collapsed.
“He was flown to Paris for medical attention immediately. For the purposes of damage control they took pictures of him with others the following morning from Paris; but please do not be fooled.
“There is something very wrong with the PDP presidential candidate in terms of his health and they don’t want the Nigerian public to know. God be with him.”
Meanwhile, the story making the rounds was that Atiku travelled to France on Monday after his Kaduna rally for medical checkup, but Fani-Kayode said after his outing in Kaduna on Monday, Atiku Abubakar fell critically ill.
Shortly after Fani-Kayode’s allegation, Paul Ibe, Atiku’s spokesman, released a statement saying his principal travelled to Europe to meet a business partner.
Ibe said: “The former Vice President travelled last night on a scheduled trip to meet with the technical partners of one his business entities that was impacted by the Covid-19 global lockdown and the consequent economic downturn.”
This is even as Daniel Bwala, one of Atiku’s presidential campaign spokesmen also shared pictures of the PDP presidential candidate on Twitter, purportedly having a chat with foreign media in Paris, France on Tuesday, 18 October.
The tweet reads: “Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of PDP alongside his team in Paris, France today in a chat with foreign media.”
But Fani-Kayode insisted it was all damage control effort, saying that Atiku is critically ill./SHARE THIS
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