2015: Atiku, Tinubu, others in secret meeting with Obasanjo
2015: Atiku, Tinubu, others in secret meeting with Obasanjo
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC yesterday continued their consultation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Abubakar and other leaders of the APC, including a former minister of education, Prof. Babalola Borishade who is also the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organization and Chief Oyewole Fasawe, an associate of the former president held a 35-minute closed-door meeting with Obasanjo in his hilltop mansion.
Others at the meeting with Obasanjo were Prof. Maxwell Gidado, Director (Legal) of the ACO, Senator Mohammed Ohiare (Kogi Central) and Dr. Adeolu Akande.
Also, the former governor of Lagos and APC national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu was said to have earlier held a separate closed door meeting with Obasanjo along with former Governor of Ekiti Chief Segun Oni.
Saturday Sun gathered that the separate meetings between Atiku and his former boss on the one hand and the earlier one Obasanjo held with Tinubu were not unconnected with the 2015 elections.
Posters announcing the presidential aspiration of Atiku had yesterday morning flooded Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Speaking with newsmen immediately after the meeting, the former vice president who was seen off by his ex-boss said that he had come to pay his “respect” to Obasanjo and to also discuss the state of the nation with him.
He also described his relationship with Obasanjo as “extremely cordial”.
Abubakar said: “First and foremost, I came to pay my respect to my former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and secondly of course we discussed the state of the nation generally and third, our relationship is extremely cordial. That’s what I can say.”
The former vice president however expressed regret at the defection of the former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, some National and state Assembly lawmakers from the APC to the SDP.
He described their exit as “regrettable and unfortunate” but expressed hope that the situation could still be salvaged.
“Yes, I’m the chairman of the South west reconciliation committee but we have also decided to set up an elders sub-committee of that committee to try and see if there will be what I call internal reconciliation before the bigger committee looks at the reconciliation process.
“It is regrettable, it is unfortunate but I believe it is a situation that is still reconciliable. This is a situation that has been going on for quite some time and we’ve not given up,” Abubakar said. Earlier, the former vice president paid a courtesy visit to Governor Ibikunle Amosun in his Oke- Mosan office.
Speaking during the visit to the governor, Abubakar commended Governor Amosun for the achievements his administration has so far recorded.
He described it as “phenomenal and unbelievable” and urged the people to allow him to have a second term in office.
Abubakar also later held a closed door meeting with APC leaders in the state.
Abubakar and other leaders of the APC, including a former minister of education, Prof. Babalola Borishade who is also the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organization and Chief Oyewole Fasawe, an associate of the former president held a 35-minute closed-door meeting with Obasanjo in his hilltop mansion.
Others at the meeting with Obasanjo were Prof. Maxwell Gidado, Director (Legal) of the ACO, Senator Mohammed Ohiare (Kogi Central) and Dr. Adeolu Akande.
Also, the former governor of Lagos and APC national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu was said to have earlier held a separate closed door meeting with Obasanjo along with former Governor of Ekiti Chief Segun Oni.
Saturday Sun gathered that the separate meetings between Atiku and his former boss on the one hand and the earlier one Obasanjo held with Tinubu were not unconnected with the 2015 elections.
Posters announcing the presidential aspiration of Atiku had yesterday morning flooded Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Speaking with newsmen immediately after the meeting, the former vice president who was seen off by his ex-boss said that he had come to pay his “respect” to Obasanjo and to also discuss the state of the nation with him.
He also described his relationship with Obasanjo as “extremely cordial”.
Abubakar said: “First and foremost, I came to pay my respect to my former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and secondly of course we discussed the state of the nation generally and third, our relationship is extremely cordial. That’s what I can say.”
The former vice president however expressed regret at the defection of the former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, some National and state Assembly lawmakers from the APC to the SDP.
He described their exit as “regrettable and unfortunate” but expressed hope that the situation could still be salvaged.
“Yes, I’m the chairman of the South west reconciliation committee but we have also decided to set up an elders sub-committee of that committee to try and see if there will be what I call internal reconciliation before the bigger committee looks at the reconciliation process.
“It is regrettable, it is unfortunate but I believe it is a situation that is still reconciliable. This is a situation that has been going on for quite some time and we’ve not given up,” Abubakar said. Earlier, the former vice president paid a courtesy visit to Governor Ibikunle Amosun in his Oke- Mosan office.
Speaking during the visit to the governor, Abubakar commended Governor Amosun for the achievements his administration has so far recorded.
He described it as “phenomenal and unbelievable” and urged the people to allow him to have a second term in office.
Abubakar also later held a closed door meeting with APC leaders in the state.
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