President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday pledged his full and unwavering support for former Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

President Buhari, who congratulated Tinubu for securing victory at the special presidential convention/primary, stressed the need for all members and leaders of the party to leave behind the hostilities that came with the primaries and unite for victory.

In a statement last night by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President noted that by working together as united a team behind the flagbearer, APC would be able to stabilise to provide the platform on which Progressives could deliver desired goods to Nigerians.

The statement reads: “Having emerged victorious he has our full and unwavering support.

“Now our party must unite behind our candidate to achieve victory at the 2023 elections so that our government will continue to secure our communities, grow our economy and continue the fight against corruption.

“During the primaries, there were factions and disagreements amongst the contestants and now that the process has ended we must build a united front in our party.