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Photos Emerge as Tinubu Jets Out of Nigeria for Lesser Hajj

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 9:03 AM by Nurudeen Lawal

Mecca, Saudi Arabia - Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is currently on pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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The APC presidential aspirant was spotted alongside some party chieftains, including Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Photos, Tinubu, Ribadu, Mecca Lesser Hajj — APC leader and presidential aspirant, former EFCC chairman Ribadu, others spotted in Saudi Arabia. Photo credits: Tinubu Support Group -TSG, Sír Aliyu Ndottijon Arziki
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They were said to be observing the lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, April 26.

President Buhari invites Tinubu, others for dinner

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Muhammadu Buhari invited Tinubu and other members of the APC to Iftar at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.

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A State House memorandum addressed to the national chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, by the Chief of Staff to the president, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, said the Iftar would start by 6:30pm.

Mammoth crowd throngs Tinubu as he observes Jummat

Similarly, the national leader of the APC was at the Jama'átu Izalatil Bidiáh (JIBWIS) National Mosque, Abuja on Friday, April 22, to observe the Jummat service.

The APC presidential hopeful after the prayers met with the leader of Jama'átu Izalatil Bidiáh (JIBWIS), Sheikh Bala Lau, and other top Imams at the mosque and urged them to support his presidential bid.

The former Lagos governor was thronged by a mammoth crowd of supporters who cheered on and tried to get a glimpse of him.

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In another report, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has said that if Tinubu was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he would be handed the presidential ticket in 2023.