By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja
The Presidency was upbeat yesterday as it declared President Muhammadu Buhari fit to face the rigours of next year’s presidential contest slated for February, citing the president’s 800 meters walk home from the prayer ground as evidence of his clean state of health.
The president returned from a 10-working day vacation last weekend and proceeded to his Daura, Katsina State homestead for the Eid-el-Kabir Festival on Monday.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement said if anyone was in doubt about the fitness of the president, yesterday’s walk home amid cheers from his supporters was enough to erase such doubt.
Shehu said the president undertook the walk after joining the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk, and other Muslim faithful, to…
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