A National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, said that his visit to President Muhammadu Buhari was not connected with the critical statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Buhari’s presidency.
The three men (in the picture above) had met behind closed-doors hours after Obasanjo released a statement critical of Buhari.
The internet was stimulated with reports that Mr. Buhari urgently called the meeting to discuss the political implication of Mr. Obasanjo’s letter.
However, Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, issued a statement in which he clarified the meeting he and former Governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, held with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
Mr. Tinubu, via his Media Adviser, Tunde Rahman, disclosed that the meeting was long scheduled, and had nothing to do with the controversial statement by the former President.
The full statement by Mr. Tinubu reads:
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