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FILE PHOTO: President Tinubu is expected back to the country after the conference. X@PresidencyNigeriaPresident Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.A press statement by the Special Adviser to the President , Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, said the president’s trip is at the invitation of the Republic of Senegal.
Commonly known as Diomaye, which means “the honourable one” in the local Serer language, he won the March 24 presidential election with 54.3 percent of the vote just 10 days after leaving prison. He has promised left-wing pan-Africanism to restore national sovereignty that he claims has been cheaply sold off, with the oil, gas and fishing sectors all in his firing line.
Sonko, who finished third in the 2019 presidential election and got embroiled in a years-long battle with the state, anointed Faye as his replacement after his disqualification and has seen his plan come to fruition.Released from prison on March 14 under an amnesty, the allies embarked on a whirlwind campaign tour to the delight of huge crowds, who chanted “Sonko mooy Diomaye, Diomaye mooy Sonko”, or “Sonko is Diomaye, Diomaye is Sonko”.
Faye left Ndiaganiao to study at Dakar’s prestigious National Administration School but says he regularly returns to the village.
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