Peter Obi, former Anambra state governor and running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, has denied report in some quarters that he suffered a heart attack.
In a statement on Wednesday, his media aide, Valentine Obinyem, said the governor did not suffer any heart attack or “debilitating illness” as reported in the media.
While confirming that Obi felt a “bit feverish” on Tuesday and had to visit a hospital in Onitsha, Obinyem said, Obi has since returned to work and that they spent the whole day planning on the focus of the former governors next apostolate: support to 50 selected hospitals.”
The statement read, “Today, the reckless fringe twisted the report that Obi suffered a heart attack. I should believe that anybody capable of coming out with such a wicked and twisted lie is as well as wishing him dead. But the sooner they realize that God is the creator and custodian of all lives, the better for them.
“May I therefore use this medium to inform the public that Obi did not suffer any heart attack or any debilitating illness. He felt a bit feverish, which is one of the pangs of humanity, visited a hospital in Anambra state and that is all. Mr. Peter Obi is hale and hearty.
“Though the reactions of many are that the wish of those liars for Obi should visit them, Obi’s position is that we should continue praying for the harbingers of such wicked news to realize that life belongs to God.
“He encourages wealthy Nigerians to remember the sick and extend our hands of love to them always”.
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