“What surprises me is that his regime continues to lie of the cause of his death and the time he died,” he said. Lissu said news of Magufuli’s death did not surprise him as he had received "credible information" since March 7 that the president was gravely ill. Lissu returned to Belgium after criticizing the elections, saying that he was not safe. Government security forces blocked thousands of opposition monitors from observing the polls. He lost to Magufuli in elections marred by violence and widespread allegations of vote-rigging. Lissu returned to Tanzania to challenge Magufuli in the Oct. Shortly after that Lissu was shot 16 times and he left the country for Belgium. 2017 Magufuli said those who were opposed to his economic reforms deserved to die. Lissu, who spoke from exile in Belgium, recalled that in Sept. And now they are telling us he had heart disease. "And what has happened? He went down with COVID-19. He placed his faith in faith healers and herbal concoctions of dubious medical value.” said Lissu. He actually denigrated anyone who wore a face mask.
He refused to take the basic precautions that people all over the world are being told to take in the fight against COVID-19,” said Lissu, on the Kenya Television Network.
He defied the East African community, he defied all our neighbors. “President Magufuli defied the world on the struggle against COVID-19. “It's poetic justice," opposition leader Tundu Lissu said Thursday of Magufuli's death, alleging that he succumbed to COVID-19.