President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to the newly coronated King of the United Kingdom, King Charles lll, and called for stronger ties between Nigeria and the UK.
Mr Tinubu, who will be sworn in as the president of Nigeria on 29 May, in his message to the monarch, said a strong bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Britain is in the interests of the two countries.
According to Mr Tinubu, there have been back-channel communications between him and the new monarch through mutual friends.
“I look forward to further engagements with you and the opportunity of a meeting in the nearest future as both of us had earlier indicated in discussions with mutual friends and associates,” Mr Tinubu said while congratulating the new monarch.
Charles was proclaimed King in September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. He was crowned on Saturday.
Read the letter in full:
King Charles
Your Majesty King Charles III,
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