Professor of political economy and chieftain of the Labour Party, Pat Utomi has challenged the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to go for medical check up and declare the result to ascertain his fitness level.
Utomi made the statement on Monday evening while featuring on Channels Television political programme, Politics today, adding that the 2023 elections is about lives of Nigerians.
The professor of political economy reiterated that the former governor of Lagos is not medically fit for the position of the country’s president.
He said “Our country has suffered so much from having ailing leaders. That was why the Vice President stepped up.
“American Presidents go through medicals that are made public. Let him (Tinubu) go for medicals with Nigerian doctors up in the hospital and make it public.
“It is the life of millions of people that we are dealing with”, Utomi added.
The renowned economist also noted that the ruling party, the APC, made a mistake by not fielding another candidate in the person of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, adding that he would have been a better candidate.
“The Vice President (Yemi) would have been a fit person. You can see he (Tinubu) is ailing. Common, let’s not kill ourselves, let’s be honest”, he said.