Nigeria, July 19 -- The former National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, was absent on Friday when President Bola Tinubu visited Kano due to an ongoing engagements in the United kingdom.

The former Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairperson, Muhammad Garba, said this in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday.

"He was unavoidably absent during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's condolence visit to Kano on Friday due to a pre-scheduled personal engagement in London, which commenced five days after his resignation from the party's leadership," Mr Garba said.

Mr Garba said "contrary to media speculations suggesting that Dr. Ganduje was either unwell or deliberately excluded from the President's ent...