Why Tinubu Visits Buhari In London

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday April 15, 2018 paid a visit to London to see Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was made known on his Twittter handle (@BashirAhmad) by the President’s Personal Assistant on News Media, Bashir Ahmad on Sunday April 15, 2018.
President @MBuhari receives National Leader of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Jagaba) today in London. pic.twitter.com/L5CPWDc7YW -Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) April 15, 2018
“President Muhammadu Buhari receives National leader of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Jagaba) today in London,’’ the presidential aide posted.
President Buhari had during the National Executive Committee meeting of the APC on April 9, 2018 declared his intention to seek re-election in 2019.
His words; “I declared before leaving home because Nigerians were talking too much about whether I would run or not.
“So, I felt I should break the ice. We have many things to focus on, like Security, Agriculture, Economy, Anti-Corruption, and many others.
“We needed to concentrate on them, and politics should not be a distraction.
“The majority of Nigerians appreciate what we are doing, and that is why I am re-contesting,’’ President Buhari told Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
While in Britain, the President is billed to hold discussions on Nigeria-British relations with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, before the commencement of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings scheduled for April 18 to 20, 2018.
Recall that Garba Shehu, President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, had earlier, disclosed that: “The President will also meet the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Plc, Mr. Ben van Beurden, in connection with Shell and other partners’ plan to invest $15bn in Nigeria’s oil industry.
“These investment ventures will lay the foundation for the next 20 years’ production and domestic gas supply, bringing with it all the attendant benefits, both to the economy and the wider society,” Shehu posited.
He also disclosed that further meetings had also been scheduled for President Buhari to see some prominent British and Nigerians residing in Britain.