Former Prime Minister and UK envoy to the Middle East, Tony
Blair, has confirmed he held a private meeting with the All Progressives
Congress, APC, candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Retd) in London, weekend.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State had claimed Gen
Buhari was not in any meeting with Tony Blair, but that the former head of
state had checked into a London hospital. He claimed the APC photoshoped a
photo showing Tony Blair, Buhari, Governor Amosu of Ogun State and former Kwara
State Governor, Bukola Saraki.
Vanguard contacted Tony Blair’s office and got confirmation
that the former Prime Minister did had a meeting with the APC candidate.
In an e-mail response to Vanguard’s inquiry, Rianne Buter,
Senior Media Manager at The Office of Tony Blair, said: “ Mr. Blair had a
private meeting with General Muhammadu Buhari in London,” adding that “Mr.
Blair hopes to visit Nigeria shortly when he will see the President.”
It will be recalled that Fayose had claimed the photo of
Buhari meeting with Blair was photoshopped.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Communication and
New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, ”Without doubt, it is obvious that
these cabal in the APC are trying so hard to deceive Nigerians on Buhari’s
health status. That’s the reason they have been using ‘Photoshopped’ pictures
to defend their lies on Buhari’s UK trip.
“First, they used a March 5, 2013 picture, claiming that
Buhari was taking a walk in London on Thursday. Later they came up with another
poorly cropped picture of Buhari with former British Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
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