National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has affirmed that he is hale and hearty as he returned from a long medical trip to the United Kingdom
Tinubu noted the supremacy of God on every human being, saying only Him alone has the authority to take his life when it is time.
Tinubu made the remarks on Sunday, in his “Thank you speech” during a grand reception to welcome him back home, organised by Governor Bababjide Samwo-Olu of Lagos State, onbehalf of the state government, held at the Lagos House, Marina.The event is tagged: “Welcome Back Home Asiwaju.”
Dignitaries present at the event were: wife of the state governor Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, his wife Oluremi, former Lagos Deputy Governors, Mrs. Idiat Adebule, Abiodun Ogunleye, Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa, Senator Olamilekan Solomon,members of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, local government chairman, Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Folasade Jaji, Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde and other members of the state Executive Council, members of the House of Representatives, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, party chieftains, clergymen, market leaders, among o thers.
Tinubu’s returned barely hours after a campaign group, South-West Agenda (SWAGA 2023), was flagged off in Lagos by the state Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu to champion his presidential ambition ahead of 2023 general polls.He thanked all the political leaders and groups who have wished him well saying, he was very happy to be back home.Tinubu, also thanked God for sparing his life till the moment and seeing him through the medical trip abroad, saying despite his medical trip, he could not praise God better than any other person and all those who prayed for his safe return home.
He said, “I am a little emotional, but I am happy to be back home. God is the giver of life and he alone can take it. I’m grateful to Him for giving me the privilege to be alive. “I’m Hale and hearty, I can’t but praise and thank Him enough.”
Earlier, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Gbajabiamila, Olamilekan, said they were ready to work more and already working to ensure his mandate in 2023.
