Ahead of the 2023 elections, 22 aspirants that contested for
the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet on
Wednesday in Abuja.
According to a statement issued Tuesday by the youngest
presidential aspirant, Dr. Nicolas Felix, the meeting scheduled to hold by 2:00
p.m. at Transcorp Hilton was called for all the aspirants to brainstorm and
come up with viable strategies to support the presidential candidate of the
party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He said, “The choice of Abuja wasn’t a mistake. I called the
meeting for us to address the challenges bedeviling our country and inclusive
politics.
“We will also brainstorm on adopting winning campaign
strategies to support our flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that seeks to
carry every Nigerian along in our bid to coast home to victory in the 2023
general elections.”
Those expected at tomorrow’s meeting are Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Science and
Technology Minister, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Minister of State for Education,
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill
Akpabio.
Also expected are: Senate President Ahmad Lawan; former
Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; a serving senator, Ajayi
Boroffice; former Zamfara governor, Ahmad Sani; former Imo State governor and
serving senator, Rochas Okorocha; a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, a
former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; fiery cleric,
Tunde Bakare; Pastor and Businessman, former Information Minister, Ikeobasi
Mokelu; Businessman, Tein Jack-Rich and Uju Ken-Ohanenye.
Five APC governors are also expected at the meeting: Yahaya
Bello of Kogi, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Ben Ayade of
Cross River and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.
It would be recalled that the race for the presidential flag
bearer started with 23 aspirants, but nine withdrew shortly before the
commencement of voting at the convention.
Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to emerge victorious at the end of
the party’s Special National Convention in Abuja.
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