2023: Gov. Tambuwal Meets Obasanjo, Begins Consultation |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

In what is being interpreted as a step towards his interest in the 2023 Presidential election, the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The former President   and Tambuwal met at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Both men were, also, said to have  discussed the  worsening insecurity, governance, and other challenges confronting Nigeria.

During the meeting behind closed doors, Tambuwal was said to have consulted the former president for solutions on insecurity spike in northern region and across the country.

Confirming the meeting, the Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Kehinde Akinyemi, through a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, stated that the governor met with Obasanjo behind-closed-doors and the meeting lasted for an hour.

After the meeting held at Obasanjo’s Presidential Library Pent House, Tambuwal was said to have described the former president as a statesman and that he was still relevant for consultations on issues of governance and challenges affecting the country.

The Governor stressed that Nigerians shall continue to learn from the elder statesman.

“You know Baba is our leader, statesman. And it is always good for us to come around to see how he is doing, pay homage and to consult him on very many issues of governance, that is why we have come this afternoon. And, we brought him the greetings and felicitations of the good people of Sokoto state.

“We shall continue to learn from him, drink from his wealth of experience and fountain of his knowledge and wisdom on issues of governance and challenges of today.

“We pray that God Almighty shall continue to give him good health as I have met him today, and may he and all of us survive this Covid-19 pandemic”.

But another source speculated that Tambuwal, who is desirous of being Nigeria’s number one citizen, may have had his ambition tables before the former President.

His ambition was one of the reasons he decamped from the APC, back to his original party, the PDP, in 2016.

He had a strong backing from the Govermor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, but former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, beat him with a wide margin. He came second.

There are strong speculations he might tango with Atiku again in 2023.