Tinubu thanks Lagos Assembly for Special Tawaf, calls for prayers for Nigeria + Photos

Former Lagos governor and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed gratitude to the state House of Assembly for the special Tawaf and prayer session the house organized for him in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

He said he felt honoured for the gesture which he said is in furtherance of their similar prayers seeking God’s blessings for his aspiration to lead Nigeria from 2023.

Tinubu stated this in a message he personally signed and made available to the press on Thursday.

The statement read in full, “As Muslim faithful continue their fasting and supplications to Allah in this Holy month of Ramadan, I express my gratitude to the Lagos State House of Assembly for their decision to organise a special tawaf (circumambulation of Holy Kaabah) and prayer session for me today (Thursday) in Mecca.

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“I’m most honoured by this gesture purposed to be in furtherance of similar prayers seeking God’s blessings for my aspiration to lead our country from 2023.