President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu has hit out at Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State for his recent remarks on the president that; “Buhari is ‘too old’ to continue to rule the country beyond 2019.”

Garba Shehu said; “I think there are two things here; one is to say that the President is responsive to the enormous support and commitment of his own people that had come out in their numbers to see him and he just decided that he couldn’t go on riding in a black vehicle and he came out and walked the distance.”

“The second thing, he is curious that these days, one or two people who are aspiring to be president are campaigning on their youthfulness and good health.”

“I think the President has done one thing today – that the issue is not how old one is but how fit he is; how healthy he is. Now that the President has proven his fitness and well-being to continue in office is a settled matter.”

“I think that if people want to campaign against him they should do so on issues that are of significance to Nigerians. The President is fit, he is healthy; he is good to go for second term.”