News2023: Tinubu Seeks Obasanjo's Support Against Atiku, Obi

2023: Tinubu Seeks Obasanjo’s Support Against Atiku, Obi

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate is seeking the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his 2023 presidential bid.

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The APC flag bearer and former Lagos Governor, it was learnt has scheduled a meeting with Obasanjo today as part of his nationwide consultation to galvanise support for his quest to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.

The development comes after Obasanjo said last month that he regretted picking Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP as his running mate in 1999.

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Recall that Obasanjo and Atiku went their separate ways at the tail end of their administration in 2007, after the former president accused his vice of corruption.

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Obasanjo will never support Atiku’s bid to be president, sources close to the former leader said on Wednesday.

The sources however did not say whether this will be a boost for Tinubu, who is also considered as political rival to the former president.

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin, said in a statement on Wednesday that Tinubu will meet the former president after addressing supporters at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, the state capital.
 “Learnt that the Presidential Candidateof the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be visiting Abeokuta, Ogun State today, Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
“He’s scheduled to visit President Olusegun Obasanjo at 10.00am and address the people at the MKO Abiola Int’l Stadium immediately after,” Somorin said in a terse statement made available to newsmen.

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Another statement signed by the APC State Chairman, Yemi Sanusi said “all Exco members and Party Chairmen are to attend promptly.”

“Asiwaju Visits Ogun State: This is to inform you that the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be visiting Abeokuta, Ogun State today, Wednesday, August 17, 2022.

“All Exco members and Party Chairmen are to attend promptly.Time: 10.00 am,” it reads.

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