‘Vote For Tinubu, He Will Build On Our Achievements’ – Buhari Urges Nigerians

• Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the APC, Buhari’s party.

• Although there have been speculations that the president is not supporting his party’s candidate, he has often reaffirmed his support.

• Buhari has described Tinubu as a “reliable” Nigerian who should win the February 25 presidential election.

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his support for the presidential bid of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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The president reaffirmed his support in a tweet via his official Twitter handle on Sunday.

He urged Nigerians to vote for Tinubu because he is a “true believer” in Nigeria.

Buhari noted that the APC presidential candidate will build on his administration’s achievements.

“I am not a contestant in the coming election, but my party, @OfficialAPCNg, has a candidate in the person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the tweet reads.

“I am calling on all of you to vote for @officialABAT. He is reliable, a true believer in Nigeria, and he will build on our achievements.”

The tweet comes a day after Bayo Onanuga, the spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, called on the president to give more support to Tinubu.

In recent weeks, there had been accusations that some elements in the presidency are trying to sabotage Tinubu’s presidential bid.

The former Lagos governor alleged that the scarcity of naira notes and fuel across the country was aimed at getting the people angry to vote against the APC.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, also recently claimed that some disgruntled people who had the president’s ears engineered the failing naira redesign policy to make the APC fail at the polls.

However, Tinubu’s supporters in the APC have been careful not to include Buhari in their accusations but some have hinted that he’s in on a plot to hurt the party’s presidential candidate due to his actions and refusal to allow the old N500 and N1000 notes to remain legal tender as Nigerians struggle to access cash.

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Despite the accusations, the president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Friday, said Tinubu is Buhari’s preferred successor, a sentiment the Nigerian leader reiterated on Sunday.

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