Just In :Tinubu Meets With Muslims From South West In Ibadan

Just In :Tinubu Meets With Muslims From South West In Ibadan

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Sunday to seek the support of the Muslim community in the South-West region ahead of the 2023 election.

The deputy governor of Lagos, Obafemi Hamzat, and the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, among other supporters, followed Mr. Tinubu, a Muslim, to the state.

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Just a few days prior to his meeting with Muslim leaders and community members, the former Lagos governor traveled to the United Kingdom and spoke at the Chatham House about his significant ambitions for the nation before the election.

Tinubu had failed to make his plans known and had instead selected surrogates, like as House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and Kaduna’s Nasir El-Rufai, to field questions at the British think tank event.

The ongoing Ibadan meeting is to have all hand on deck to deliver APC in 2023, Tinubu was ushered into the event by Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), an umbrella organization for Muslims in the South-West region.

Tinubu, who is running a joint Muslim-Muslim ticket with Kashim Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate, has come under fire for running a ticket of the same faith.