Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, and Senator Kashim Shettima, his running mate, departed Nigeria on Saturday for London, the UK, according to The PUNCH.
The PUNCH learned that Tinubu and Shettima chose to take a vacation in order to be ready for elections.infomation guide nigeria
Tinubu and Shettima’s trip to London fell on the same day as Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, and Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, who also left for London on Friday.jamb result
The presidential election campaigns will start on September 28 according to the schedule provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The break was acknowledged by Bayo Onanuga, the director of media and publicity for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, when he was reached on Sunday.
“He only took a week break for vacation,” he said.
He added that Tinubu’s campaign might begin on October 8.
“Although the campaign will flag off on October 8, we will kick off the stipulated September 28 date with a prayer in all the APC branches nationwide.
“After committing the day to God, we will embark on road work in Abuja. However, I am sure the policy document will be ready before October 2,” he said.
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The City Boy Movement, a group that supports Tinubu, announced that they would lead a one million-person solidarity march to kick off his campaign.
The statement read in part, “The solidarity march will kick off at the Unity Fountain Maitama, Abuja, with many party leaders, young All Progressives Congress stakeholders and a host of celebrities gearing up to attend.
“The one million-man March is organised to bring all the APC and Tinubu/Shettima support groups across the country together for familiarisation and preparation for the forthcoming general elections. We believe that with the collective support of all the groups, we will sail our competent candidature of Tinubu-Shettima to the presidency come 2023.”
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