Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Presidency has rejected a claim by human rights lawyer and activist Chidi Odinkalu that President Bola Tinubu was not physically present at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Wednesday.

Mr Odinkalu alleged that Mr Tinubu's appearance and speech at the event were pre-recorded, even though political leaders attended the programme and local and international media covered it.

The activist made the claim in an early Thursday post on X, attaching a video of Mr Tinubu speaking at the inauguration.

"It does not require close study of this clip to understand that this was a pre-recorded address. @officialABAT was not at this venue in person," he wrote.

He a...