By Aishah Saleeman
Multiple tweets making the rounds on Twitter claim that President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu was rushed to the hospital at midnight and is unable to cast his vote for Lagos state governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
One version of the tweet claimed that Tinubu, who was referred to as “President select” “was rushed to the hospital by midnight,” and staff of the hospital were bribed to keep their mouth shut.
Another tweet claimed “Tinubu was rushed on Monday night in an undisclosed hospital in VI. He was brought in with the car of the CEO of Eko Atlantic. The doctors stated that with his critical condition, he can’t be allowed to travel out of the country… I hope he’s okay now to vote Sanwo-Olu”
Verification
CDD Election War Room found no evidence to support the claims making the rounds. We also found that President-Elect Bola Tinubu came out to cast his vote for the gubernatorial and house of assembly polls alongside his wife on Saturday morning.
Tinubu also posted images across his social media accounts, encouraging Nigerians to go out and vote peacefully.
Verdict
The evidence shows that Tinubu is not in critical condition at a hospital. The president-elect came out to cast his vote for the gubernatorial election at Alausa, Lagos.