Bearing last minute hitches, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is billed to arrive Nigeria today, 24th April, 2023 after almost one vacation in France.
Tinubu had on March 21 travelled out of the country for undisclosed reasons but party faithful debunked speculations that he may have travelled for a comprehensive health checks, preparatory to his inauguration as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
A release from the then All Progressives Congress, APC’ President Campaign Council PCC, simply stated that Tinubu travelled to spend some time in Paris and London.
But a recent release by Tunde Rahman from the Office of the President-elect, also stated that the trip was to enable Tinubu to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29.
Announcing Tinubu’s arrival, the Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and a member of the House of Representatives, James Faleke, in a tweet at the weekend, noted that Tinubu, alongside his wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, would arrive Nigeria “by 2pm at the presidential wing of the International Airport.”
“My dear brothers and sisters of this unique family, I wish to inform and request of us all that anyone in Abuja and Nasarawa is invited to join in receiving our people’s President-elect and First Lady tomorrow by 2pm at the Presidential wing of the International Airport.
“Departure Time:2pm; departure venue: The Campaign Office; Accreditation time: 12pm. Buses will be provided. Only Accredited persons will be allowed at the airport for security reasons,” Faleke’s tweet read.
It was also gathered that Tinubu’s arrival will help facilitate the proceedings of his swearing in on May 29.
This is even as the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress prepares to meet with the former governor of Lagos to take a position to avert a repeat of the 2015 situation that produced Senator Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker, respectively.
