Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has Thursday returned to the country from the United Kingdom.
The APC flagbearer landed in Abuja to the warm embrace of party chieftains and supporters after 12 days away.
Some of those at the airport to receive him were his running mate, Kashim Shettima, the Director-General of the party’s presidential campaign, Governor Simon Lalong and former APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
His presidential spokesperson, Bashir Ahmad, had in a tweet, forecasting his return, said after days of intensive political consultations and meetings in London, the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is expected back in Abuja.
The spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo, had on Wednesday also said Tinubu will soon be back in the country.
Speaking after his arrival, Tinubu said he was prepared to get to work.
“The trip was very good,” he said. “I enjoyed my break. And I’m happy to be back to my fatherland.
“And Nigerians should expect a very intelligent ability to think and perform. Nigerians should expect that the help they needed is here, the hope that is almost jittering is back and back actively.
“And we hold every effort to the country of patriotism, dedication, capacity and ability to do the job. Not negative thinking, not the fact that Nigeria has failed; this country is the greatest.
“If it is to rebuild, we are builders; if it is construction, we are constructors. If it is assurance, we give Nigerians the assurance that we definitely make a better country out of it all.”