JUST IN: Buhari Meets Tinubu, Akande, Other APC Leaders In Aso Rock

• The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of the party in South-West have visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
• The Presidency made the visit of the former Lagos State Governor and other APC chieftains known in a tweet on Tuesday.

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of the party in South-West, on Tuesday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the visit of the APC chieftains was over the death of Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers who died in a plane crash.

Recall that Attahiru and other military personnel died in the ill-fated aircraft crash at the Kaduna International Airport last Friday.

However, the Presidency made the visit of Asiwaju Tinubu and other APC chieftains known in a tweet on Tuesday.

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Those, who visited the President, include Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Gen. Alani Akinrinade, and Chief Pius Akinyelure.

Earlier, President Buhari said the death of Attahiru and 10 other military officers have increased security challenges in the country.

The President regretted that the bad incident happened at a time Nigeria is battling security challenges.

Buhari spoke on Monday when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) who came to the Presidential Villa to condole with him on the death of the military officers.

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