President-elect Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria eight days to his inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The incoming president returned to the country yesterday after spending a week in Europe.
The Asiwaju’s spokesman, Tunde Rahman, had said he went abroad to rest ahead of his inauguration on May 29.
While abroad, Tinubu met with Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sunusi.
The meeting had generated tension, with some Kano APC chieftains threatening to withdraw support for the president-elect if he implements one of the decisions arrived at in France.
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had also expressed reservations over the meeting as was heard in a leaked audio conversation. However, Ganduje was among the dignitaries who went to the Abuja airport to welcome Tinubu back home.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima, and the alleged anointed candidate for president of the 10th Senate, Godswill Akpabio, were among those who welcomed Tinubu.
The President-elect returned amid the storm generated by the endorsement of some lawmakers as leaders of the 10th National Assembly.
During a protest by aggrieves aspirants, National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, had said the National Assembly leadership list would be reviewed, but the action was not taken in Tinubu’s absence.
