Responding on Tuesday, Garba Shehu said the trekking by the President was a positive response to Tambuwal’s diatribe.
“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”, Shehu had said on Tuesday.
Apparently displeased with Shehu’s statement, Abubakar, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, to condemn the statement.
Abubakar revealed that he regularly jogged over a mile while sharing a photo of himself on a treadmill.
The Wazirin Adamawa said he jogged more than a mile and did not make noise about it in what appears to be a direct attack on the Presidency.
“I regularly jog more than a mile & exercise, but it will be pedestrian of me to ask Nigerians to vote for me because of that.
“I want my party – the PDP, and Nigerians, to vote for me because I WORK not because I WALK. I will work to create jobs. I won’t walk to create an illusion,” Abubakar posted on Twitter.