Buhari Takes Tinubu On Tour Of Aso Rock Villa

President Muhammadu Buhari has led his successor, President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on a brief tour of parts of the Presidential Villa.

They had both observed their Friday prayers in the presidential villa mosque before embarking on a tour of some departments.

President Buhari led the President-elect through the Council Chamber and exited at the press gallery where state house correspondents were waiting to ask him questions before his exit on Monday.

Recall that the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima was earlier on Thursday conducted round the VP wing of the villa by outgoing Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on a familiarisation tour.

The duo stopped briefly at the Press Gallery where reporters covering the State House usually converged.

At the Press Gallery, which is an adjoining space to the Council Chambers of the State House, the two leaders who stood for a couple of minutes, listening to their guide, Kazaure, did not speak to newsmen, who had expected to have a couple of questions answered.

The President and his successor, followed by a large retinue of Presidency officials and security personnel, were guided on the tour by the State House Chief of Protocols (SCoP), Ambassador Lawal Kazaure.

Other top officials of the State House including the Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and Permanent Secretary, Umar Tijjani were among those who accompanied the President on the tour of the President’s wing of the State House.

The development comes barely 24 hours after the President conferred upon Tinubu the National Honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic and Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima, at the State House Banquet Hall.

Both leaders exchanged documents ahead of the official handover of power on Monday, May 29, 2023.