Glorious Entry as Tinubu Arrives Abuja for Crucial APC NWC Meeting
- For the first time after he emerged as the APC presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited the party's national secretariat in Abuja
- Tinubu was said to have arrived at the secretariat with fanfare and cheers from supporters waiting for him
- The meeting is expected to set the tone for the ruling party's campaigns ahead of the coming presidential poll
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Abuja - Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kassim Shetimma arrived at the national secretariat of the party amidst fanfare and jubilation on Wednesday, September 7.
The All Progressives Congress (APC)'s presiodential candidate was received at the secretariat by the National chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, The Nation reports.
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It is said that the visit is the first after Tinubu won the APC presidential primary in June ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Among those who accompanied the former Lagos governor were the director-general of the APC presidential campaign council, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state, secretary of the council, Hon. James Faleke; Nuhu Ribadu and Dele Alake.
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Addressing APC NWC members, Tinubu, during the meetin, said:
“We welcome the National Working Committee here in the spirit of Success. It's a family thing for all of us and we face a crucial election. An election that is going to determine between conservatives and progressives.
"Between ideas and actual execution leading to hope. Together, the party and the candidates, we will wear the Medal of Honor”.
Tinubu clashed with APC chairman Adamu? Presidential candidate opens up
Meanwhile, Tinubu had denied nursing grudges against the ruling party's national chairman, Adamu.
Tinubu made the clarification before his scheduled meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, September 7.
The APC presidential flag bearer said it is a rarity to see big masquerades dance in a cage instead of the market square.
Addressing newsmen at the secretariat, Tinubu who admitted reading his alleged cold War in newspapers, claimed that it was a rumoured manufactured to suit a particular purpose.
Tinubu said:
“To the rumour manufacturers, I read in some papers about a disagreement between myself and the chairman and that was a very big lie.
"They didn’t know that we have come a long way. The big masquerade dance not in the cage but in the market square..."
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