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Buhari invites Tinubu, Akande, Oshiomhole, APC leaders to Iftar

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the breaking of Ramadan fast (Iftar) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The Iftar dinner has been scheduled to hold on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

President Buhari invited the APC leaders via a letter dated April 22, 2022, and addressed to the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.

The letter obtained by The Star on Tuesday was signed by the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.

It read: “I write to inform you that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that invitation be extended to the attached list of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to join the President to break Ramadan fast on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 1830 hours in the Presidential Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.

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“In this regard, you are kindly requested to invite them to attend.

“The leaders are to arrive at the Pilot Gate at 1630 hours for Rapid Covid-19 testing at the State House Conference Centre and be seated at the venue by 1800 hours,” Gambari stated.

According to the invitation letter, those invited for the Iftar include former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu; former APC National Chairmen, Dr John Oyegun, and Adams Oshiomhole; former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako.

Others are former Ogun State Governor, Olusegun Osoba; first interim chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande; former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu-Sheriff; ex-Zamfara State Governor, Ahmed Yarima.

Others include former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamako; former Edo State Governor, Oserheimen Osunbor; ex-Yobe State Governor, Bukar Ibrahim; General Muhammed Magoro, Senators Lawal Shuaibu, Aba Aji, Tijjani Tumsah, Fati Bala, Abubakar Guru, and Nasiru Danu.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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