The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, yesterday gave reasons for his absence at the flag-off rally of the party’s governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, saying he was absent at the event on health ground.
Akande, who said this in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo by his media aide, Mr. Lani Baderinwa, said he was taking seriously the medical advice of his doctors to stay away from stress because of his health condition.
He said: “My absence is not as a result of any resentment against Akeredolu or the party as being insinuated. I have no reason to shun APC campaigns and rallies in the state because Akeredolu and other governorship aspirants are my close associates.”
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to publications in some media today, making unnecessary insinuations in to Chief Bisi Akande’s absence at the APC governorship rally in Akure on Thursday.
“May we state that: Chief Bisi Akande has no reason to shun APC campaigns and rallies in Ondo state because every APC aspirant that contested the Ondo state governorship primary in September has always been his close associate and knew so well that he (Bisi Akande) is being treated from one hospital to another in the USA, the U.K. and in Nigeria since last April. “He, according to medical advice, is being asked to take things easy in the time being.
Akande, who said this in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo by his media aide, Mr. Lani Baderinwa, said he was taking seriously the medical advice of his doctors to stay away from stress because of his health condition.
He said: “My absence is not as a result of any resentment against Akeredolu or the party as being insinuated. I have no reason to shun APC campaigns and rallies in the state because Akeredolu and other governorship aspirants are my close associates.”
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to publications in some media today, making unnecessary insinuations in to Chief Bisi Akande’s absence at the APC governorship rally in Akure on Thursday.
“May we state that: Chief Bisi Akande has no reason to shun APC campaigns and rallies in Ondo state because every APC aspirant that contested the Ondo state governorship primary in September has always been his close associate and knew so well that he (Bisi Akande) is being treated from one hospital to another in the USA, the U.K. and in Nigeria since last April. “He, according to medical advice, is being asked to take things easy in the time being.
