President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Bauchi State to head the All Progressives Congress’ presidential and gubernatorial campaigns.
Bauchi State is one among the ten states Buhari has said he will campaign in for APC Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu and running mate Kashim Shettima.
President Buhari arrived at Bauchi’s Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa airport at 10:22 a.m. and was greeted by the campaign train.
The majority of the access routes were suffering considerable traffic at the time of publishing this report.
Buhari was greeted upon arrival by the state’s governor, Bala Mohammed, and his All Progressives Congress opponent in the March 11 gubernatorial election, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar.
Others on hand to receive the President were APC party Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, Director General, Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, former chief of Defense Staff, Gen Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Senator Andy Ubah, Yobe state Governor, Maimalla Buni and his Kebbi and Borno state counterparts, Atiku Bagudu and Babagana Zulum respectively.
After the airport formalities, the President’s motorcade, led by Governor Mohammed proceeded to the Palace of the Emir, Dr Rilwanu Sulaiman Adamu, for a brief parley and thereafter to the Sir Tafawa Balewa stadium, venue for the campaign.
President Buhari who is billed to officially present the APC candidates to the campaign will depart for Lagos later, where he is expected to commission a number of projects during his two-day visit to the state.
