Four photos of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his prime went viral on social media after he slipped and fell while attempting to climb the vehicle that was supposed to take him around Eagles Square on Wednesday, June 12...READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Tinubu commemorated his first Democracy Day as President and Nigeria’s 25th since the fourth republic.
The President was helped back to his feet by members of his security detail as the video dominated traditional and social media, locally and globally.
While the viral video generated mixed reactions, people also began sharing photos of the president at a young age as they attributed the fall to his old age. The president is 72 years old.
Later in the evening, while giving a speech at the banquet dinner organized as part of the day’s events, the former Lagos state governor noted he was all over social media after falling.
“Early this morning, I had a swagger and it’s on social media. They’re confused whether I was doing buga or doing babanriga [referring to two popular dance moves in Nigeria],” the president said.
“But it’s a day to celebrate democracy while doing dobale [Yoruba term for bowing to greet elders] for the day. I’m a traditional Yoruba boy, I did my dobale.”
Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), expressed his sympathy with the president.
“I sincerely sympathize with President Bola Tinubu over this unfortunate incident as he was set to review the parade on Democracy Day. I do hope that all is well with him,” he wrote on X.
Popular politician and activist Shehu Sani said it was no big deal, and that the incident showed the president was no different from anyone else.
“Not Just President Tinubu, anyone alive can trip and fall; it happened to President Biden and Fidel Castro. Presidents are human beings and mortals.”..ĊONTINUE.THE FULL R£ĄÐING.>’.
