The Presidency has dismissed reports suggesting that President Bola Tinubu is unwell and may be flown abroad for medical treatment.
The Nigerian Institute for Investigative Journalism had last week claimed, citing unnamed sources, that the presidential medical team was preparing to evacuate the President for treatment.
It also alleged that Tinubu was bedridden, leading to inefficiency in governance, and that Vice President Kashim Shettima had been representing him at official engagements.
The report further stated that several functions scheduled for early last week were cancelled.
However, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, AbdulAziz AbdulAziz, in an interview with BBC Hausa on Monday, described the claims as false.
“There is no truth in these statements. He is still in office,” AbdulAziz said.
Questions over the President’s whereabouts first emerged after he was absent at the August 3 ceremony honouring Nigeria’s women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, where Shettima stood in for him.
Tinubu was last seen in public on August 1 at the opening of the Summit on Journalism for National Development.
Before then, the President had attended a reception for the Super Falcons following their triumph at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
