The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is not perturbed over the visit of former presidential flag bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke. . -President Olusegun Obasanjo “discusses Nigeria’s political future”.
Kwankwaso and 2007 presidential candidate Duke visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta over the weekend and held a private meeting.
Details of the meeting were not disclosed, but sources close to the leader told The Punch that the meeting was part of a larger effort to strategize for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. He suggested that there was.
However, the national communications director of the ruling APC, Bala Ibrahim, in an interview with the aforementioned publication on Sunday boasted that President Bola Tinubu’s relevance in modern politics dwarfs opposition forces and politicians.
He said, “With all due respect, I have a high opinion of Obasanjo.As a former president, former head of state and elder statesman, I don’t want to have any problems with him.But Nigerian politics, especially When it comes to modern politics, Tinubu is not one of them.
“Tinubu is head and shoulders above them in modern politics in Nigeria. So the combination of Obasanjo, Kwankwaso, Peter Obi and my schoolmate Donald Duke is no threat to Tinubu. These guys. are the people who lost the last election.
“This is not the first time Obasanjo rallied to someone and that person lost. Remember, he supported (former President Goodluck) Jonathan who later lost to Buhari. Mr. Obasanjo They supported another candidate, Peter Obi, in the last election, but Tinubu defeated them.
“So they can hold marathon meetings and meet until the end of time and pose no threat to the APC government. Who among Kwankwaso, Obasanjo, Obi and Duke was not defeated If they bring angels with them, it’s a different story. But if these same depleted forces come together and meet, their meeting can’t bring good results.”
