Former Governor of Lagos State, and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has denied speculations circulating the media space that he was hospitalized in France having contracted COVID-19.
Earlier today, the news of Tinubu’s failing health situation took over the media with some section of the press claiming he is battling with coronavirus.
However, reacting to the speculations making rounds, sources close to the former governor confirmed to StarMedia Renaissance that Tinubu is very fine and does not have COVID-19. The source informed that contrary to what was reported, Tinubu is not in France but in London at the moment.
He said, “A COVID-19 test has been conducted on several occasion on Tinubu and he has always come out negative. He does these tests whenever he feels he has mingled with a large number of people who could possibly have exposed him”.
It would be recalled that Asiwaju had at some point, upon assumption of exposure to a coronavirus infected person, underwent the COVID-19 test, the result of which came out negative.