Tinubu is vying for presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election.
By Emma Ogbuehi
As the political parties jostling for power in 2023 race towards their primary elections and political intrigues over zoning intensify, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night received in audience the former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a private visit at his official residence at the State House.
Tinubu is vying for presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election.
The meeting is believed to be a continuation of previous engagements between the two party stalwarts.
It will be recalled that Tinubu was absent from an Iftar dinner hosted in honour of leaders of the All Progressives Congress by Buhari, as he was in Mecca for lesser Hajj (Umrah).
The presidential hopeful was listed among the 18 APC leaders invited for the meeting with the President on April 26.
It is still not certain what the duo discussed in the private meeting.
But political pundits aver that it must have to do with the upcoming elections.
The issue of zoning has become problematic for the two leading political parties – APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Amidst the reports that the APC may have finally jettisoned zoning, former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South, on Tuesday said that it will be unfair, an injustice, and a betrayal of trust and gentleman agreement if the APC Zones the Presidency to the North.
According to Ndume, for fairness, justice and equity, the ruling APC should zone the 2023 Presidency to the South.
Ndume who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, while reacting to APC jettisoning of zoning, said, “That will be unfair, injustice and almost a betrayal of trust and a gentleman agreement.”
Tinubu, the National Leader of the APC, is working hard to get the presidential ticket of the ruling party.
