By Temitope Hassan
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with some Northern Elders over the presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) made this known in a tweet via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, February 1, 2023,
The President met with the key Northern elders at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon.
The APC campaign council said the purpose of the meeting was to ensure that the Northern region massively vote for Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election scheduled to hold on February 25.
The tweet reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari Has Met Key Northern Elders To Ensure That The Region Massively Vote For Asiwaju Bola Tinubu On The 25th Of This Month.”
However, the details of the meeting has not been released as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has met with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Legal Team and some senior lawyers in the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration.
It was gathered that the meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa after the weekly FEC meeting, was regarding preparations of the ruling party as the February and March 2023 polls, draw near.
Those at the legal meeting include the two Ministers who are Senior Advocates of Nigeria: Babatunde Fashola and Festus Keyamo. The current APC National Legal Adviser Barr. Ahmed El-Marzuk and his predecessor, Mr. Babatunde Ogala, SAN, were also in attendance among other party and government officials seen at the Villa today.
The APC chieftains were spotted at the Vice President’s wing of the Presidential Villa but none of them addressed the press.
A source to Vanguard that the APC legal team discussed planning and reviewing the party’s preparedness for the forthcoming elections with the Vice President.
Source: intelregion
