In a move that will upset calculations in next year’s election, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and other PDP juggernauts.
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| From Up: Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike, All Progressives Congress APC Presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde |
The meeting, according to multiple reports, held outside the country.
Reports, with credits to The Cable and Western Post, said Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and his Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in France.
Sources close to Wike who confided in our correspondent said the meeting held in another country other than France.
Tinubu left Nigeria on Monday for Europe on a week’s break. He is expected in London, as well.
“Yes, we left Nigeria to meet with Tinubu on Monday. We initially thought it would hold in France because that was where Tinubu went the last time he left the country. We however got signal close to our time of departure that we should proceed somewhere else.
“Governors Ortom and Makinde who have been supporters of Wike from the beginning were also on the trip,” the source told WesternPost.
The source told us that the meeting was connected with the APC candidate getting Wike’s support for Tinubu in next year’s election.
“Yes, the discussion was centred on the 2023 election. The Tinubu camp know how important votes from Rivers State are and are looking for how to get Wike to work for them,” he also added.
