2023 Presidential Election : Intriques as Presidential Cabal Ensures Buhari snubs Tinubu during his official visit to Lagos To Make A Bold Political Statement.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday refused to grant audience to Lagos State former Governor, Bola Tinubu, during his (Buhari’s) visit to Lagos State according to multiple sources familiar with the development.
The action of the President has left the camp of Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, in a state of trepidation, as such development might not sit well for the actualisation of Tinubu’s ambition.
What makes the development even more worrisome for the supporters of Tinubu is that such rare occurrence is coming few days to APC’s national convention in Abuja.
Top sources around the President told 9news Nigeria that Tinubu was also not allowed near Buhari – a scenario indicative of sour relationship between the two.
9news Nigeria on Tuesday reported that Buhari and his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at 10 am on Tuesday, amid tight security.
The President had arrived aboard a Nigerian Air Force Boeing aircraft with registration number 5N-FGT and was welcomed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and some members of the Lagos State Executive Council.
He had later boarded a chopper to Lekki, where he inaugurated the multi-billion dollars Dangote Fertiliser Plant.
President Buhari was also at the ongoing construction at the Dangote Refinery, as well as the Lekki Deep Sea Port.
One of the top sources revealed that Buhari did not give Tinubu any attention during the visit, an obvious public snub that was pregnant with meanings.
“It was a complete disgrace. He was not allowed near him. We believed they never exchanged greetings. And this is coming days before the APC convention in Abuja,” quoted one of the powerful sources.
“You can see from the pictures taken at the event that Tinubu was not even close to the President. They made sure he was not close enough to the President to allow for tete-a-tete,” another source said.
Speaking at the inauguration of the new Terminal Building, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Buhari had tasked the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to fast-track the airport concession programme, to boost aviation practice in the country and make the aviation industry reflect global standards.
Tinubu had about two months ago gone to meet Buhari in Abuja, informing him about his 2023 presidential ambition, saying it was his “lifelong ambition.”
In the APC family, up to five other presidential aspirants have emerged, although some party members believe that Tinubu stands taller than them, with his influence as the APC National Leader.
9news Nigeria
