Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for president, and President Muhammadu Buhari had a private meeting on Wednesday evening at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Bashir Ahmad, the Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, verified this development on Twitter.
President Muhammadu Buhari met with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our presidential candidate, in his residence at the State House in Abuja earlier today, according to Ahmad.
Buhari had earlier promised the APC and its candidates in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, that he would guarantee the party’s presidential candidate and other candidates’ victories in the general elections of 2023.
According to him, he is ready at all times to campaign for the presidential candidate and all party candidates with “full energy and conviction”.
The president stated that the assurance was meant to dispel expressed concerns in certain quarters that he had not featured in campaigns since the national launch in Jos, Plateau.
He, however, stressed that while he remained committed to party politics, the functions and duties of the president would equally be upheld at all times.
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had earlier paid a visit to Tinubu at his Abuja residence on Wednesday.