Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that his principal’s visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London was a show of goodwill and not to endorse his rumoured presidential ambition.
He stated this as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’.
Recall that Buhari’s visit to Tinubu dominated political discourse in the country last Thursday.
Some pundits said that the visit all but confirmed Tinubu’s presidential ambition.
Confirming the visit, Adesina said,, “Yes, that meeting actually happened, but it is all about goodwill and best wishes.
“We know that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had been in London about the same time the President was there. We don’t believe what we read on social media, but we have read a lot about Asiwaju Tinubu’s health, so the President’s visit was a goodwill visit.”
On the purpose of the visit, Adesina said, “The President still has two years less three months in his tenure of office. So, for him to start supporting somebody now will just be like jumping the gun and you know that President Buhari will never do that.
“Before the 2019 elections, people began to campaign for him (Buhari) before INEC blew the whistle for the campaign to start. He was the one who came out to say ‘no, don’t do it; don’t jump the gun’; the President himself will dare not jump the gun in terms of supporting one candidate or the other.”
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