Politics: Buhari visited Tinubu on goodwill, not on 2023 – Adesina Claims

By Asunmogejo Yusuf Olawale

The President’s visit to the APC leader, Bola Tinubu in his London residence has sparked a lot of reactions on the media as rumors suggested that the visit was based on the forthcoming 2023 general election.

The Special Adviser to the Mr. President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has debunked the news while speaking as a guest on Channels Television Program, saying that his boss’s visit to the APC leader was based on the goodwill of Mr. Buhari and not automatic support for Asiwaju on his presidential ambition.

He however reiterated that his boss would campaign for Bola Tinubu should he clinch the party’s presidential ticket.

He said that: “The President still has two years, less three months in his tenure of office. So for him to start supporting somebody now will just be jumping the gun”.

“And you know that President Buhari will never do that. Before the 2019 election, people started to campaign for him before INEC blew the whistle of the campaign to start. He was the one who came out to say No, don’t do it!. Don’t jump the gun!.

“So the President himself will dare not jump the gun in terms of supporting one candidate or the other”.

“Also recall that he has said that anybody who wants to be President after him should go out and work. That means the president may not be supporting anybody until maybe when the candidate of the party emerges. Knowing President Buhari, he will never jump the gun,” he added.