Bola Tinubu: Ganduje, Shettima, 3 Other Top APC Ranks Welcome President-Elect, Photos Emerge
- Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, returned to the country 8 days before his inauguration and was received by the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima
- Tinubu was also received by Ahmed Lawan, the senate president; Senator Godswill Akpabio and Abdullahi Ganduje, the outgoing governor of Kano state
- Ganduje was recently heard in leaked audio expressing his displeasure with the president-elect over his reported meeting with his former boss, Rabiu Kwankwaso
FCT, Abuja - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, returned to Nigeria on Sunday, May 20, as he landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the country's capital.
In a group of photos sent to Legit.ng from the office of the president-elect by Tunde Rahman, Tinubu was received by high-ranking leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Source: Twitter
List of APC chieftains that welcome Tinubu back to Nigeria
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"President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu is being received by Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Wase, on arrival Saturday afternoon in Abuja.
From the pictures, it was observed that Tinubu was also received by the vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, and Senator Godswill Akpabio, the anointed candidate of the APC for the 10th Senate Presidency.
Ganduje and the APC leaders are receiving Tinubu following leaked audio of the outgoing governor of Kano expressing his displeasure with the president-elect over his meeting with his (Ganduje) former boss, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
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Tinubu was reported to have held over 4 hours of meeting with Kwankwaso in Paris, France, and it was learnt that the duo discussed the possibility of working together once getting to the office after May 29.
In the leaked audio, Ganduje had felt betrayed by Tinubu, but he was urged by Ibrahim Masari, the former vice president placeholder of the APC, to exercise maturity and hold one-on-one meetings with the president-elect on his return to the country.
May 29: Kwankwaso confirms close-door meeting with Tinubu
Legit.ng earlier reported that Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the NNPP in the 2023 presidential election, has confirmed meeting Bola Tinubu, the president-elect in France.
Kwankwaso hinted that he would not give details of the meeting until they both reached a reasonable conclusion.
Since the report of the meeting between Tinubu and Kwankwaso, there have been speculations that the ex-governor of Kano state will dump the NNPP for the APC.
Source: Legit.ng
