Buhari leads other APC govs, leaders to flag off presidential campaign

President Muhammadu Buhari was joined by the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu; APC serving governors, including Plateau State Governor and the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong, to flag off the presidential campaign of the party in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

At the official flag off of the were the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, at Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, venue of the event which commenced at about 12.45 pm.

Security at the venue was tight security on Tuesday at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium venue of the event eben as the state government had declared a day public holiday ostensibly to avoid gridlock in the city.

Also, armed members of the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Federal Road Safety Corps were seen at different spots of the stadium.

Supporters of the ruling party’s candidate and his running mate were also seen with clothes emblazoned with the faces of Tinubu and Shettima.

The council had earlier in the month released its calendar for the 2023 general elections.

According to the calendar, following Tuesday’s flag-off in Jos, the APC presidential campaign train will move across the country and end with another rally in Lagos on February 13, 2023.

Tinubu is in the race for Aso Rock’s top job alongside frontline candidates including Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).