Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied meeting with Joe Biden, the president of the United States.
A picture of the APC presidential candidate meeting with Biden in the US had gone popular on social media.
However, Tinubu claimed that the widely circulated photo of him with Biden was a hoax and should be ignored.
He charged that Peter Obi’s supporters, who are running for president as the Labour Party, LP, circulated the image.
Through Bayo Onanuga, the APC PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Tinubu said that Obi’s supporters altered the popular photo.
Chatting with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Onanuga said: “A viral photograph showing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and U.S President, Joe Biden in talks at the White House is the latest in the series of misinformation being dished out by the political opposition.
“We cannot just fathom the purpose of the mischief and the falsehood which emanated from the rabid followers of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate.
“The apparently photoshopped image surfaced Tuesday night, on the heels of news that Asiwaju will embark on a foreign trip this weekend.”
Onanuga said Tinubu was in Abuja, not in the US.
He, however, confirmed that the APC presidential candidate is scheduled to travel to the US over the weekend.
He said Tinubu was billed to travel to Bayelsa for a rally on Thursday.
“His first port of call will be Chatham House in London, where he will speak on his Action Plan for Nigeria,” he said.
