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Tinubu returning to Nigeria today – Faleke

Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be returning to the country on Monday.

James Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives and the former secretary to the defunct All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, said this in a tweet.

According to him, Tinubu and his wife, Senator Oluremi would touch down at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

He said, “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.”

Tinubu’s itinerary was also shared by his aide, Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga, who is a member of the presidential transition committee, said in a tweet that “Tinubu returns to Abuja today after weeks of a well deserved vacation in France.”

The president-elect had announced when leaving the country that he would be visiting France, London, and Saudi Arabia to observe the Muslim lesser Hajj.

He is expected to be sworn in on May 29 as Nigeria’s substantive president, despite the ongoing litigations from his opponents against his victory.

Tinubu, a Muslim who also has a Muslim deputy in the religiously divided country, would be succeeding the equally Muslim incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, whose tenure has been marred with economic crises including rising inflation and unemployment.

Contrary to the country’s gloomy economic outlook, President Buhari had repeatedly claimed that he had delivered on his campaign programmes and served Nigerians diligently.

 

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