2023: Tinubu arrives Calabar to meet APC delegtes; visits Obong of Calabar for royal blessing
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is in Calabar, the Cross River State capital to meet with APC delegates.
The APC frontrunner aspirant was received on Wednesday at the airport by the Cross River Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade.
He was accompanied by the former Borno State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Senator Kashim Shettima, and other APC stakeholders.
Others in the entourage are former Nasarawa State Governor, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, Presidential Aide, Mallam Yau Darazo, and Chairman TETFUND, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim- Imam.
Meanwhile, as part of his consultation visit the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu also paid a courtesy visit to the Obong of Calabar.
The APC’s front-runner for President during his visit promised to work with the government and the people of Cross River to revitalise the Calabar Port and bring the state’s economy back on track if elected President of Nigeria.
He added that he will help to turn around Calabar’s fortunes in a way that will benefit national development and he sought the royal blessing of the monarch for the actualisation of his ambition.
In response, the Obong of Calabar admitted that Asiwaju Tinubu has the capacity to restore the lost glory of the country. He gave his royal blessings and wished him well in his aspiration.