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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kashim Shettima and APC Governors with former president Goodluck Jonathan at his resident [Photo Credit: BAT]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu has paid a go to to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
On Tuesday, Leadership quoted Mr Tinubu as saying he was on a courtesy go to to the previous President, telling Mr Jonathan of his presidential ambition and to hunt his assist forward of the polls subsequent yr.
Mr Tinubu was accompanied by working mate Kashim Shettima, and governors of Ogun State Dapo Abiodun, Kwara’s AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Jigawa’s Abubakar Badaru and Simon Lalong of Plateau.
The previous Lagos State governor was one of many key opposition figures that campaigned towards Mr Jonathan’s reelection throughout the buildup to the 2015 polls, a historic election that noticed for the primary time a ruling occasion defeated by an opposition occasion.
Mr Tinubu had visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his Abeokuta residence earlier within the month as a part of his ongoing consultations. Messrs Obasanjo and Tinubu met behind closed doorways for 3 hours however refused to talk to the press after the assembly.
In what is predicted to be a hotly contested election, the previous Lagos State governor will likely be going up towards former vice chairman and presidential flag bearer for the opposition occasion, Atiku Abubakar, Labour Occasion’s Peter Obi, and a number of other different contenders.
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