By Our Correspondent
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, joined President Muhammadu Buhari to offer Friday prayers at the State House Mosque, Aso Rock Preaidential Villa, Abuja.
Before they joined the congregation in prayers, the two had a closed-door meeting at which they greeted one another on the Sallah occasion following the completion of the 30-day Ramadan fast and privately discussed a host of issues of common concern to them, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said in a statement Friday.
The President-elect was accompanied to the State House by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and two Governors, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State as well as Alhassan Ado Doguwa the Majority Leader of House of Representatives, the statement noted.
It added that President Buhari in bidding a farewell to the visitor said “thank you for joining us in prayer.”
Tinubu”s visit to the seat of power is believed to part of familiarity tours that the President-elect is expected to undertake to Aso Rock before his inauguration next month.
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