The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday, departed Nigeria for France.
It was gathered that Tinubu left the country shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday morning.
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.”
The development is coming in the wake of Tinubu’s statement on Sunday that he was still searching for his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
Although Rahman did not state how long the former Lagos State Governor would be away, there were insinuations that his travel must have something to do with the consultation for his running mate.
The development is coming in the wake of controversy over Tinubu’s claims that he lost his academic certificates in his submission to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The national leader of the APC stated that he was still studying how the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila and the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, had been working harmoniously, in his search for a running mate.
He said this at the presentation of a book titled ‘Mr Speaker: The Legislative Life, Service and Resilience of Femi Gbajabiamila and the unveiling of a Legislative Mentorship Initiative to mark the Speakers's 60th birthday.
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