Chidi Samuel || Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe, the maverick politician, and business man on Saturday responded to photos of his image being circulated in social media platforms by stressing that nothing can stop him from achieving God’s purpose in his life.
Nzeribe’s response was contained in a statement issued by his press secretary, Collins Ughaala.
The photograph, the first to be seen in public of the former Senator, drew uncomplimentary remarks from some members of the public.
The former ABN chieftain photograph who has been suffering from an undisclosed illness was believed taken from his country home at Oguta, a claim he refuted in his statement.
Reacting to the photo and the comments on Saturday, Collins Ughaala, Nzeribe’s chief press secretary, said the maverick politician is hale and hearty and not struck by a stroke as being suggested in some quarters.
The Statement read, “The attention of Chief Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe has been drawn to the hateful speeches going on against him in the media, especially the social media, including the unfounded rumour that he has a stroke.”
“Chief Nzeribe should have ignored this hateful rumour, but to set the record straight, this brief response is offered to the effect that “the rumour is false as I don’t have a stroke.
“At 79 years old, I am hale and hearty and not suffering from a stroke. I am not in my community, Oguta, in Imo State. I am resting in my house in Abuja. And I thank God for keeping me healthy and allowing me see old age.
“Life and death are in God’s hands, and God willing I will remain hale and hearty and not suffer a stroke until such a time when God calls me home. And no amount of hateful speech can change or alter God’s plans for me or anyone else.
“I am not suffering from stroke and I cannot wish anyone to suffer a stroke. But to those manufacturing and spreading this hateful speech against me, I wish them the best.
“God has deemed it fit for me to see old age in good health, and there is nothing more to ask from God.”