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Nigerians Doubting APC Candidate, Tinubu’s Age Should Meet His Late Mother For Confirmation – Speaker, Gbajabiamila

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November 26, 2022

Although the information available to the public is that Tinubu is 70 years old, many Nigerians have claimed he is much older.
 

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has attacked those asking questions about the age of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinbubu.
Although the information available to the public is that Tinubu is 70 years old, many Nigerians have claimed he is much older.
There is an article online attributed to Yinka Odumakin, the late spokesperson for Yoruba group known as Afenifere, which claims that the former Lagos State Governor could not be as young as he claims.
In 2018, Odumakin wrote a three-part series titled “portrait of the tiger Ambode rode,” detailing his knowledge of Tinubu.
The three parts were published by the Vanguard, but a fourth part with questionable origin was shared across other blogs attributing strong claims to Odumakin.
Speaking at the rally for Tinubu and Kashim Shettima in Lagos State on Saturday, Gbajabiamila described Tinubu as the greatest politician in modern day Nigeria.
“They will ask you how old he is. Tell them he is the age his mother said he is. And if they are in doubt of his age, tell them go and meet his mother to reconfirm.
“If they say he’s not educated. Tell them he is more educated than all the contestants put together. If they tell you, he is wanted in America. America has said repeatedly they do not know what they are talking about. When they said he is corrupt, tell them he is the most investigated in Nigeria’s history and nothing has been found against him,” the Speaker said.
Tinubu’s mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, who was the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, died in June 2013.

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