Presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has slammed former Military Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd.), after an Indian hospital used him in an advert.

Sowore shared a video of the advert showing Abubakar at Shalby Multispecialist Hospital, where he underwent knee surgery.

Reacting, Sowore said leaders like him had the opportunity to position Nigeria so he wouldn't have to move to India for medical treatment.

He wrote on X, "This is former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, being used in a hospital advert after undergoing knee replacement surgery in India.

"These so-called 'experienced leaders' had every opportunity while in power to build first-class healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Yet, in old age, they travel abroad for the very medical care they failed to make adequately available at home and can even end up as advertisements for foreign hospitals.

"At this rate, perhaps one day a hospital in France will be using a Nigerian president, Tinubu for its adverts.

"What a tragic indictment of decades of failed leadership and neglect of Nigeria’s healthcare system."

This is former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, being used in a hospital advert after undergoing knee replacement surgery in India.

These so-called “experienced leaders” had every opportunity while in power to build first-class healthcare facilities in… pic.twitter.com/MxJ4Russsj

— Omoyele Sowore (@sowore) September 29, 2026