POLITICS

Tinubu’s White House Visit: Blame Peter Obi—APC

<h4>Tinubu white house visit</h4>&NewLine;OpenLife Nigeria reports that the Director of Media and Publicity of the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bayo Onanuga has reacted to a viral photograph showing Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and U&period;S&period; President Joe Biden in talks at the White House describing it as the latest in the series of misinformation being dished out by the political opposition&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We cannot just fathom the purpose of the mischief and the falsehood, which emanated from the rabid followers of Peter Obi&period;&NewLine;The apparently photo-shopped image surfaced Tuesday night, on the heels of news that Asiwaju will embark on a foreign trip this weekend&period;&NewLine;Although America was listed among his destinations, according to an unofficial report that was widely shared, we can confirm that the APC presidential candidate was in Abuja all through Tuesday&period; He was in Abuja on Monday as well, and has no need to surreptitiously leave Nigeria, like some candidates do”&period;&NewLine;Tinubu will be travelling to Bayelsa for a rally on Thursday, according to the party’s campaign programme&period;&NewLine;He is not scheduled to travel outside the country until the weekend for speaking engagements&period;&NewLine;His first port of call will be Chatham House in London, where he will speak on his Action Plan for Nigeria&period;&NewLine;