Social media users were aghast last week when pictures of Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, using crutches to aid his mobility surfaced online.
Expectedly, different conjectures and speculations were woven around the unsettling picture, with some overbearing social media users saying he might have been involved in an accident.
But the real reason behind for the former governor’s use of crutches to steady his gait has been disclosed.
Ekohotblog had reported how Ameachi was seen lumbering while holding on tight to a walking aid during the commissioning of an orphanage home and Arabic School in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State last Friday.
In a statement issued by an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chukwuemeka Eze, Amaechi revealed why he opted for walking aid.
Eze noted that noted that Nigerians had been wondering whether Amaechi was suffering from an ankle sprain, knee arthritis, plantar fasciitis, hemiplegia scissors gait or motor neuron lesion.
Eze, who said he contacted Amaechi to get the clear picture of the situation, disclosed that the former Rivers state governor resorted to using crutches because he had a hairline fracture.
He, however, said the minister was getting better.
“I had a hairline fracture on 31st December 2020 but I have been working with it all these weeks before the public pictures showing me with crutches. Nobody should express any fear as my Doctors are on top of it”. He quoted Ameachi to have said
Eze also said the development was a pointer to “patriotic zeal and commitment of the Minister in contributing towards rebuilding Nigeria to suit the fancy of the founding fathers of our nation”.
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