Monday, October 13

General Buhari Visits Governor Fashola In Lagos, Seeks Support For Presidential Bid.




The former Head of State, Major-General Mahammadu Buhari (retd), Sunday, paid a visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to deliver a special invitation to the formal declaration of his intention to contest the nation’s 2015 Presidential Election.

Gen. Buhari, who was the national leader and Presidential Candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011, arrived the Lagos House, Marina, in company with members of his Team, saying he decided to convey the invitation personally because Lagos is the biggest and most viable constituency of the APC adding that he would also do same to all the other governors in the Southwest.

According to him, he would also visit Oyo and Kwara States and go round to the other States before Wednesday,October 15th. The formal declaration takes place on that day at the Eagles Square Abuja
 
 Fashola thanking  the retired General for the honour of delivering the invitation himself, said:

 “Let me say that we are pleased to receive you. We feel honoured by your presence and God will honour you and His grace will continuously be sufficient for you in the undertaking that you are about to commit to”.

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