London meeting: Buhari did not ask Tinubu to stop probe of his cabinet  — Garba Shehu

By Ibiyemi Mathew

Following the meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari, Spokesperson to the former President Garba Shehu has declared that the former President never asked his successor not to investigate some Ministers under the previous government.

President Tinubu, who was initially scheduled to be back in Abuja last week Saturday after concluding his official trip to Paris, France proceeded to London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit where he met with the former President before returning to Nigeria for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

In a statement yesterday reacting to news awash social media, the former presidential spokesman said the news about his principal is fake.

He urged the public to avoid discussing it or giving it air of publicity.

“This is fake news and nothing more,” he said.

According to Garba, “There was no one other than the two leaders in the room in which they met, so no one was there to report their conversation.”

He noted that former President Buhari wishes to remain outside the spotlight so as not to distract the new administration.

“He chose to go home in Daura hoping to find the type of quiet he wished for himself but realising that this was not the case, visitors trooping in morning, day and night, he moved out to a more distant place.

“It remains his wish that he be allowed to have his needed rest, and for the Tinubu administration to have the right atmosphere to work on the realisation of the promises they made,” he explained.