Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja
A former President of United States of
America, Bill Clinton, is expected to visit Nigeria a day before the
presidential election, The PUNCH learnt on Monday.
During the
visit, Clinton will meet President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku
Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Though
details of the proposed visits were still sketchy on Monday, diplomatic
sources said that Clinton would return to his country the same day.
Clinton,
it was gathered, might arrive in the early hours of February 15 before
the two candidates would go to their states to cast their votes in the
election.
While President Buhari will vote in his home state of Katsina, Atiku will cast his vote in Adamawa state.
National
Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, confirmed the planned visit
by Clinton to the country, saying the former ruling party had been
informed.
“We are aware; we have nothing to hide. All what we
want is credible, fair and acceptable elections. We also don’t want
interference from anyone concerning the workings of INEC and the
security agents,” he said.
Source:- Punchng
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