Why Buhari visited Tinubu in London – Presidency

The Presidency has revealed the reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari visited the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, in London, United Kingdom.

Newsflash Nigeria had reported that Buhari who was in London, on Thursday, visited the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Bola Tinubu who is also in London.

Tinubu, the APC chieftain, has been out of the country for over a month.

The presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, posted some photos on his Facebook page on Thursday and captioned it, “President Muhammadu Buhari this evening in London, the United Kingdom, visited Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

In the photos, Tinubu was seen leaning on a walking stick as he posed for a shot with the President.

Tinubu’s health has been a subject of controversy of late but in a press statement on July 31, 2021, his Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman, said though the former Lagos State Governor was out of Nigeria, he was not hospitalised as claimed by some reports (but not Newsflash Nigeria).

Also, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, subsequently visited the APC stalwart in London and took photos with him to dispel the overwhelming reports that Tinubu was sick and hospitalised.

Meanwhile, the presidency cleared the air on why President Buhari visited the APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu.

The Presidency said it was a “goodwill visit” and not related to the 2023 politics or some permutations of Tinubu succeeding Buhari in office.

The Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated these, insisting that his principal did not visit the APC National Leader to discuss the 2023 elections.

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According to Adesina, it is too early for Buhari to support any aspirant.

He started this during an interview with Channels Television on Friday monitored by Newsflash Nigeria.

Adesina said, “We don’t believe what we read on social media. We have read a lot about Tinubu’s health.

“The president’s visit was a goodwill visit. The president still has two years less three months left.

“So, for him to start supporting somebody now will be like jumping the gun. You know President Buhari will never do that.

“Before the 2019 election, people began to campaign for him, even before INEC blew the whistle for campaign to start. He was the one who came out to say, ‘No, don’t do it; don’t jump the gun.”

Meanwhile, President Buhari on Friday evening had returned to Abuja after a three-week trip to the United Kingdom.

Buhari touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 6:45 pm on Friday.

The President had travelled to the UK on July 26, 2021, to attend the Global Partnership for Education organised Global Education Summit before undergoing a scheduled medical check-up.

Buhari returned from the UK amidst the strike embarked upon by resident doctors in Nigeria.

Resident doctors have been on strike since Monday, August 2, 2021, demanding payment of outstanding doctors’ salaries and hazard allowances minimum, enrolment of doctors in the integrated personal payroll information systems, amongst others, as minimum conditions to call off its indefinite strike.

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