The deputy whip of the senate and Senator representing Niger North senatorial district in the ninth national assemby has cautioned Nigerians against pronouncing death wish against their fellow humans because of one health challenge or the other reiterating the fact that it is only God that knows the lives span of every human.
The Senator who spoke recently after staging a locked down rally at his senatorial district was reacting to insinuations that the Northern elite was waiting in the wings to take the advantage of Tinubu’s fragile health to take over government in case he dies shortly after he had been sworn in, he said, “I don’t know whether those saying that had assumed the role of God Almighty.
“Let me say clearly that even if somebody is sick, it does not mean it would be his or her death sentence.
“There are people who go through debilitating sickness and we’re bedridden for months or even for years but God would heal them at the end of the day. They would recover and enjoy a long life.
He said he had seen somebody who visited his sick father and was crying that the old man was going to die considering the condition he met him however,
as he was travelling back to his base, he had an accident and died.
‘Death and life belongs to God.’
“Anybody who is sensible and reasonable should know that it was impossible for a sick man to be on a campaign train on daily basis consistently, from one state to another, in the last 30 days.
“I am not sure there is any Nigerian who has attained the age of 40, that does not have one health challenge or the other which he or she is nursing. They are carrying out their daily activities without the health challenge disturbing them. “Expect anybody is playing God, nobody has a right to pass a death sentence on another person based on the sickness the fellow is nursing in his or her body, or on account of old age.
“If Tinubu was pretending about his health status, he would have collapsed during one of the campaigns because it’s a rigorous exercise. Even those on his campaign train have been wondering where he’s deriving his energy from. If God has given him that grace, no one can take it away.
“As far as I am concerned, I know Tinubu is someone who is at peace with his intelligence, thought process, vision and mission to make Nigeria great again.
“Considering things he had exhibited in the period that he served as governor of Lagos State, I know that he has the capacity and a knack to identify credible performers, genuine people who are passionate about development.
“He does this without discrimination. His only interest is to work with performers because he knows leadership is about performance.
On what the chances of Tinubu, are in winning the presidency he said the candidate who is also the Jagaban Borgu has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he’s prepared to govern the country.
“He’s only waiting for God to confirm the mandate to move the country forward. I don’t have any doubt. It is God that gives power. The indices and indicators show that he is a better candidate. “Every good leader is concerned about is what happened after he or she leaves office. That’s why Lagos has consistently produced a set of focused leadership that has continued the trajectory of development set by Asiwaju from 1999.
“No any other state has that and the result are clear. Shettima, the runningmate has equally shown the same qualities. He brought Zulum, who has also continued on the trajectory of development he has set. Do you expect any less for Nigeria from these two persons? Not at all.”
“I want to say very clearly that Nigerians are not fools . Despite all the challenges that we are facing, which are the carry over of the misgovernance in the past. “If you check our laws, there are some things that became obsolete because the previous governments never cared. For instance, the Deep Offshore Act is one of them and Nigeria was shortchanged by the international oil companies for many years.
“The country was losing money and by the grace of God, the current 9th National Assembly has addressed it. We hope to do better and that is why we believe in the present candidate who can come and do the needful because the candidate of our party had proven beyond reasonable doubts that they are capable and Nigerians have seen it.
“I was shocked when I saw a video clip of a man, who obviously is an illiterate and an ordinary Nigerian, telling the Delta State residents on a field that he had heard great things that Tinubu had done in Lagos and he would be glad if he could come and replicate those projects in the entire Nigeria. “That is the message. Nobody wants to wear a rag. So, if I see a man who is wearing a rag and he promised to gift me a cloth, I will be cautious considering the type of clothes he is wearing. “However, if a man who is wearing a good cloth promised me one, I will believe he could afford to give me a good one. “The words of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and that of Kashim Shettima, are their bonds and I don’t have any doubts in the fact that they had been tried, tested, trusted and they have the charater, the quality and the capability to deliver Nigeria, this very moment.”