Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, has broken his silence on his August visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London.
The governor, who spoke on Arise TV, said the visit had absolutely nothing to do with 2023 presidential plans whatsoever but to show support for a friend and elder .
“Asiwaju has just had surgery. It is simply proper etiquette or behaviour both in the part of the country where I come from but also generally that when a friend and elder is undergoing health challenges, it would be improper on your part not to show solidarity and support.
“He (Akeredolu) and I were in London together to see our leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but it had absolutely nothing to do with 2023 presidential plans whatsoever. That’s not the reason why we went there,” Fayemi told Arise TV.
“That is simply what took us there; we wanted to associate ourselves with him at a time of need and as an elder, as a mentor and as a big figure in our political party, nothing wrong in paying him a courtesy visit to check on him to see how he was faring and we did that and we returned.
“It has nothing to do with 2023; let me make that absolutely clear.”
Quite a number of politicians have visited Tinubu, in London, in the last two months.
