By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
NIGERIA’S First Lady, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has invited all presidential aspirants from heaps of political events to a gathering on Saturday at the Negate Residence Conference Centre, Abuja.
The assembly, it was gathered, was for Iftar. Iftar is the meal eaten after sunset to interrupt rapidly at some level of Ramadan.
The invitees had been urged now to not come along with their cell devices, other than their invitation cards which would wait on as their entry move.
Roll call
Folks who hang indicated hobby to contest the 2023 presidential elections contain Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; stale Vice President Atiku Abubakar; All Progressives Congress, APC, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; stale Governor of Anambra disclose, Peter Obi, and stale presidents of Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim and Bukola Saraki.
Others are the Governor of Rivers Negate, Nyesom Wike; his Ebonyi disclose counterpart, Dave Umahi; that of Sokoto and Bauchi States, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, respectively.
Passe Governor of Imo Negate, Rochas Okorocha; Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, among others, hang additionally indicated hobby to contest the 2023 presidential elections.
There’s nothing to it — Presidency
However, the directive of now not coming to the venue with phones is now not going to coach to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other governors and ministers, who are anticipated to be at the assembly, it was reliably realized.
Confirming the invitation, the Particular Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Discipline of enterprise of the Wife of the President, Aliyu Abdullahi, mentioned: “There is nothing here.
“Right here’s a fashioned operational protocol in the Villa if potentialities are you’ll maybe maybe very wisely be having both of the three occupants of the Presidency.
“If they are coming for an tournament, this is alleged to be DSS enforced.
“Whether or now not the President is having an tournament or the Vice President is having an tournament or the foremost girl is having an tournament; because outsiders will come.
“That’s the protection and well-liked protocol.
“That does now not stutter to the Vice President. How will you quiz that to coach to the Vice President and even to ministers?”