2023: Tinubu returns to Nigeria from UK, rebrands [VIDEO]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a week of “consultations” in the United Kingdom (UK), TopNaija reports.

The former Lagos governor arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday, and is visibly seen in a completely different look as he desperately seeks to appeal to the youth demographics who are largely against his presidential ambition, partly due to his self-concerted God-fatherism, wealth monopoly for self, old age and health concerns among others.

His son, Seyi Tinubu, in an Instagram post, also instantly announced the new official Instagram account of Bola Tinubu as Officialasiwajubat.

TopNaija had reported how Tinubu jetted out of the country in January after weeks of consultations across the country over his 2023 presidential ambition.

He was rumored to have visited the European country to rest and undergo medical checkups, while a source in his camp said he went to visit his family in the UK.

Tunde Rahman, Tinubu’s media aide, later said his principal went to the UK for “meetings and consultations”.

While in London, he had meetings with the UK chapter of the APC.

In January, Tinubu visited President Muhammadu Buhari during which he announced his intention to contest the presidency in 2023.

With his return on Sunday, the APC leader is expected to continue consultations for his presidential bid which he described as a “lifelong dream”.

Tinubu had stayed in the United Kingdom for over three months in 2021 when he underwent surgery and therapy for knee injury.

He, however, returned to the country in October of the same year and travelled to some parts of the country to meet political juggernauts and stakeholders ahead of next election.

The health condition of the APC leader has constantly become a subject of controversy but many of his staunch supporters have argued that Tinubu is fit to become Nigeria’s President, adding that he is not older than the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, 79; and his predecessor, Donald Trump, 75.

Former member of the House of Representatives, and Director-General of the Bola Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, recently said 14 governors and 26 APC state chairmen are in support of Tinubu’s presidential ambition.

Other presidential hopefuls so far in the APC include Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi; ex-Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha; former Governor of Abia State and Majority Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu; among others.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who served as Attorney General in Lagos from 1999 to 2007 while Tinubu was governor, has also been rumoured to nurse an ambition to succeed his boss through the 2023 election but the professor of law has not officially made his intention known.