Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu have met behind closed doors inside the presidential villa.

He also dismissed insinuations about a regime extension plan for President Buhari, commending him for taking time to dismiss the rumour in his New Year message to Nigerians.

He said only unpatriotic people would be using future elections and politics to distract the President from facing governance, saying it is not yet time to start discussing 2023 elections.