The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, returned from Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Saturday in other to attend the eighth day Fidau prayer for the Alaafin of Oyo, late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and other important State matters in the country.
It was gathered that Tinubu returned to Nigeria in the early hours of Saturday in other not to miss the rites for Alaafin, a monarch, which he described as a democrat due to his contribution to ending military rule in Nigeria.
He was welcomed on arrival by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who presented to him, his presidential nomination form and Expression of Interest form that was picked for him at the APC’s national secretariat in Abuja by a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, James Faleke.
Faleke, who also picked presidential Expression of Interest and Nominations forms for APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was accompanied by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and hundreds of members of the Tinubu Support Groups (TSG) to the party’s secretariat.
On his arrival, he joined other Nigerians that have converged in Makkah to seek God’s intervention in the country and pray for his victory during the APC presidential primaries as well as the general election.
- Tinubu had left the country for the Makkah and Medianah to pray for the country, in other to overcome all its challenges and to have a free and fair election, particularly the presidential poll.
