Bola Tinubu
Tinubu returns to Nigeria after 12 days in UK
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country Thursday from the United Kingdom.
The APC flagbearer landed in Abuja to the warm embrace of party chieftains and supporters.
Some of those at the airport to receive him were his running mate, Kashim Shettima, the Director-General of the party’s presidential campaign, Governor Simon Lalong and former APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
“After days of intensive political consultations and meetings in London, our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is expected back in Abuja, later today,” presidential spokesperson, Bashir Ahmad, had earlier said in a tweet, forecasting his return.
The spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo, had on Wednesday also said Tinubu will soon be back in the country.
“I know he would be back in a couple of days. I have that information. I don’t know the particular day,” Keyamo said on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “I can’t say Friday or Saturday but I know he would be back in a couple of days.”
Tinubu’s visit to the United Kingdom has made headlines in recent times.
Critics claim his absence when political campaigns have kickstarted suggests there might be issues. Others claim the former Lagos State governor is on a medical visit to the U
Concerns over his whereabouts intensified after he missed the signing of the peace accord for the 2023 elections, although he was represented at that event by Shettima.
Pictures later surfaced on social media showing Tinubu holding a meeting in the UK and another one showing him on an exercise bike.
The APC has not been able to inaugurate its presidential campaign council, which is believed to have been delayed pending the arrival of Tinubu.
