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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Segun Sowunmi, a former spokesman to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed the mental capacity of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Sowunmi met with Tinubu at this Lagos residence on Monday.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Tonight, he claimed that he had a deep relationship with the president, saying he has known him since 1994.<\/p>\n

According to him, he visited Tinubu to discuss and understand why opposition parties blame his government for their crises.<\/p>\n

Sowunmi, who is a longstanding member of the PDP, said Tinubu answered all the questioned he asked him intelligently.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, his brain is very alert. He\u2019s fit, never mind that he is frail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kind of questions I asked him \u2013 you know when you\u2019re asking someone questions and the person is answering without looking at a book \u2013 and he is answering it the way he sees it and you\u2019re agreeing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Segun Sowunmi, a former spokesman to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has hailed the mental capacity of President Bola Tinubu. Sowunmi met with Tinubu at this Lagos residence on Monday. 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