Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, is currently walking with crutches after suffering a fracture.
The minister was noticed in a viral photo during the inauguration of an orphanage home and Arabic School in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The development which is generating ripples on the social media, remains sketchy as no official explanation has been issued over the matter.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that the Minister had suffered a hairline fracture, which is a tiny crack in a bone caused by repetitive stress.
A close associate of the minister and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, while confirming the development, said the Minister might be suffering from an ankle sprain.
He said Amaechi neither had hemiplegia scissors gait nor planter fasciitis, adding that te minister was not suffering from knee arthritis or lower motor neuron lesion.
He quoted Amaechi as saying, “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.”
Eze said Amaechi by walking and working in pains and crutches demonstrated his patriotic zeal and commitment in contributing towards rebuilding the country.
He, however, implored President Muhammadu Buhari to order the transport minister to proceed on medical rest.