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Tinubu returns ahead May 29 inauguration

The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has returned to Nigeria ahead of his inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29.

The incoming president returned to the country on Saturday after a week in Europe.

His latest trip had raised eyebrow, with some reports stating that he was battling an undisclosed ailment.

But Tunde Rahman, his spokesman, had said he went abroad to rest ahead of his inauguration on May 29.

While abroad, Tinubu met with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.

The meeting had generated tension, with some Kano All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains threatening to withdraw support for the president-elect if he implemented one of the decisions arrived at in France.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano had also expressed reservations over the meeting as was heard in a leaked audio conversation.

Ganduje was among the dignitaries who went to the Abuja airport to welcome Tinubu back home.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the vice president-elect Kashim Shettima, and Godswill Akpabio, the anointed candidate for the president of the 10th Senate, were among those who welcomed Tinubu.

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