{"id":633,"date":"2023-02-21T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:09:06","slug":"buhari-arrives-lagos-for-apc-campaign-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/buhari-arrives-lagos-for-apc-campaign-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Arrives Lagos For APC Campaign Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Lagos State, Nigeria\u2019s economic hub, to attend the final leg of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Leonardo AW139 helicopter conveying Buhari from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport touched down at the National Stadium at 2:35 pm, after which he was conveyed to the 25,000-seater Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere; venue of the rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buhari is in Lagos to support the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.<\/span><\/p>\n

A former Governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007, Tinubu emerged as the APC presidential candidate after scoring the highest number of votes among 23 aspirants in the Party\u2019s primary elections in June 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

A month later, he revealed his running mate, Kashim Shettima, a former Governor of Borno State, northeast Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lagos rally becomes Buhari\u2019s 10th appearance since the APC campaign flagged off in Plateau State on November 15, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

So far, he has visited Sokoto, Katsina, Imo, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Plateau and Lagos states.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s rally comes one day to the deadline approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission for all candidates to conclude their campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also comes four days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections holding on Saturday, February 25, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eighteen presidential candidates will appear on the ballot for Saturday\u2019s election.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the majority of Nigerians recognise only four of those candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n

They include the APC\u2019s Bola Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party\u2019s Peter Obi and a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, who is contesting on the New Nigeria Peoples Party ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the past 96 days of campaign, all four candidates have expressed their belief to clinch the Presidency and lead Africa\u2019s most populous state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mindful of the issues that have dominated the Nigerian psyche, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso have all promised to revive the struggling economy, fight widespread insecurity and uproot endemic corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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