President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday slipped while boarding the parade vehicle at the venue of the 2024 Democracy Day.

The President had approached the vehicle shortly after he arrived at the Eagles Square, Abuja venue of the programme.

Our correspondent observed that the President lost his footing momentarily as he was about to step into the vehicle.However, despite the slip, the President quickly regained his balance and continued with the proceedings.

The event at Eagles Square was part of a series of events to mark the country’s Democracy Day celebration.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-c7fOtjk8

God will soon answer our prayers.

Sorry Mr. President.....I cannot laugh at this, that will be very insensitive.

Nigeria has fallen

Morbeta11:
Sorry Mr. President.....I cannot laugh at this, that will be very insensitive.

There is every reason to laugh at someone who was not fit for the position and rejected by popular votes fall like a teddy bear in a simple assignment.


No wonder our economy sucks

Sorry sir

Mr president sorry oo, Na hunger ?

Eeya, so sorry sir, it is well with you and no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper.
Get well Mr President.
Eko subu.

He wee on himself and stepped on his pee whīch resulted in him slipping.

How can I unlaugh now. God abeg

Chaiii.......Where is bellabello and DUNDEEmoderatos, make una come see una Vegetable uncle.

Cocaine na him mate?

TINUBU is also a human being like everyone

Yourprick:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-c7fOtjk8

sorry Nigeria Joe but the security should be always by his side.

The kind of wicked policy this fallen angel will dish on us eeeeeh



Awalokan true true

E no fall well old man were dey greedy

GOFRONT:
Chaiii.......Where is bellabello and DUNDEEmoderatos, make una come see una Vegetable uncle.

As a young person how many times have you slipped in your life?

yyba:
TINUBU is also a human being like everyone

Don't mind them, they will start spewing rubbish. Some young people slip everyday.

Yourprick:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-c7fOtjk8

Nonsense, anybody can fall, how does this make a news, let us not laugh at some one situation, the next 40 years some of us will be in that age. Old age sweet!

Naira fall, economy fall, President fall. Things fall apart

Abi him never chop?

God will soon answer our prayers.

COMRADES, this headline should be tinubu falls, and not slips please

inpeace:
Nigeria has fallen

Nigeria no fall oo, na tinubu alone fall

Yourprick:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-c7fOtjk8

Tinubu Isn’t the Only President to Stumble, It’s Human

By John Mayaki

Today, President Bola Tinubu was seen struggling with his flowing agbada, causing a misstep as he climbed into the back of a parade vehicle at Eagles Square, during the commemoration of the June 12 Democracy Day. However, he is far from the only world leader to have taken a visible fall. Here are other memorable political falls or trips.

In 2016, a media frenzy ensued when Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, buckled and stumbled after becoming sick during a 9/11 memorial service in New York. Diagnosed with pneumonia, Clinton’s doctor said she became overheated and dehydrated at the event. The incident became a hot button in a highly charged campaign, with her rival Donald Trump repeatedly questioning her stamina for office.

In 2020, Donal Trump as President, looked unsteady on his feet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His slow, unsteady walk while descending a ramp led critics to use the hashtag #TrumpIsNotWell. Trump tweeted that the ramp was “very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery,” insisting the “last thing I was going to do is ‘fall’ for the Fake News to have fun with.”

He also made headlines in 2017 when he clutched the hand of Prime Minister Theresa May during her visit to the White House, an incident that came as a “surprise” to May, her advisers later said.

Exactly 48 years to the day of Biden’s June 1 tumble, President Gerald Ford fell while disembarking Air Force One in Salzburg, Austria. Ford, 61, lost his balance on the wet steps, skidding down and ending up in a heap on the tarmac. He later quipped, “Thank you for your gracious welcome to Salzburg, and I am sorry I tumbled in.” The incident was widely broadcast and used in late-night comedy shows, portraying the president as bumbling and clumsy.

In 2019, China’s leader Xi Jinping nearly slipped off a stage in Russia during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Surrounded by other world leaders, Xi appeared to lose his footing but quickly regained his composure. Commentators labeled it the “great fall of China,” musing about its implications for his carefully curated strongman image.

That’s not all, Zimbabwe’s late leader Robert Mugabe fell down red-carpeted steps in Harare in 2015. The government immediately denied the fall, with Information Minister Jonathan Moyo blaming poor carpeting and suggesting that “even Jesus” would have tripped. Critics pointed to Mugabe’s age, 90, as another reason for him to step down after more than three decades in power.

Even the war-monger fell - in 2019, Vladimir Putin known for curating a strongman image, Russia’s President fell while playing ice hockey at Sochi’s Bolshoy Ice Dome in 2019. After winning the game, Putin took a victory lap before slamming into the floor. He was quickly helped up and skated off, maintaining his composure.

Our colonial masters were not left out - Boris Johnson fell in 2015 when he was the then-mayor of London, he slipped during a charity tug-of-war game along the River Thames. Known for his disheveled appearance, Johnson’s fall, where he exclaimed “oh bugger” before falling on the muddy grass, made tabloid headlines.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fell after politically fraught meetings in Beijing in 1982. As she left the Great Hall of the People, she stumbled down the steps, a moment captured on camera and perceived by many in Hong Kong as a sign of Britain’s waning power amid negotiations with China.

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt fell down steps in Paris in 2015. Wearing high heels, she wobbled and fell outside France’s Elysee Palace, landing on her hands and knees. She quickly dusted herself off and continued to take questions from reporters.

In today’s era of social media and 24-hour news cycles, public appearances by politicians are heavily scrutinized, and stumbles are often framed within narratives about their fitness for office.

And so, President Tinubu’s misstep today is a reminder that even the most powerful leaders are not immune to such incidents. As enumerated above, a momentary lapse in balance can become a lasting image in the public’s mind, often used to challenge a leader’s fitness for office or underscore their human vulnerabilities. Tinubu’s fall, like those of his counterparts, reminds us of the frailties of man - It’s human to fall, and sometimes, it’s how leaders rise afterward that truly defines them. Tinubu tripped but rose and performed all the functions necessary at the parade ground.

It's human to fall.
Not a fan of the man though.
Please patronize my business O!