President Muhammadu Buhari met with the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to reliable sources, the meeting took place before the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
Though the reason for the meeting could not be determined at the time of filing this report, it was believed to be related to campaign issues and other current national issues.
Buhari then arrived at the weekly FEC meeting to preside at around 10:40am, about 40 minutes later than usual, as the meeting is usually scheduled to begin at 10am.
According to another source, the President’s lateness to the meeting, aside from his meeting with Tinubu, was due to his decision to stay back to monitor the outcome of the Supreme Court’s case against the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the naira redesign policy, which was eventually adjourned to Wednesday, February 22.