Buhari meets Blair in London, billed to give talk at Chatham House on Thursday

Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has held a private meeting with Tony Blair, former British prime minister, on his brief trip to London.

TheCable also understands that he will deliver a talk at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, on Thursday.

He will be speaking on the challenges facing Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the rescheduled general election.

In a picture tweeted on Saturday by Bukola Saraki, a senator and former governor of Kwara state, Buhari is seen posing with Blair, Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, and Saraki himself.

Buhari travelled to London on Thursday amidst speculations by Ayo Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, that he was on a medical trip and had been admitted at a hospital in Cavendish.