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The presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is on his way back to Nigeria from France.

Tinubu, via his official Twitter handle shared a tweet, “Heading home,” which link to his Instagram page showing him a flight.

Tinubu had travelled to France on June 27 for “important meetings”.

Tinubu departed Nigeria shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on June 27.

This was contained in a statement issued by Tinubu’s Spokesman, Tunde Rahman, in Abuja.

The statement partly read, “He is off to Paris, France to hold some important meetings. The APC standard-bearer is expected back in the country shortly.”

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