Tinubu meets Jonathan, other APC chieftains in Abuja

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC's presidential candidate, met with former president Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja as part of ongoing preparations for the 2023 elections.

Along with Kashim Shettima, Tinubu's running mate, the governors of Kwara State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, and Plateau State were also present. Simon Lalong, the director general of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organization,

According to PUNCH, the visit was an extension of the APC national leader's consultation with key political stakeholders ahead of the 2023 presidential election, even if specifics of their meeting were not made public.

“His visit to Jonathan shouldn’t come to anyone as a surprise. Tinubu holds no grudges with any political whether within the party or in the opposition,” he said.

The source added that the former president was delighted to see them and willing to discuss with them over the ambition of the APC presidential candidate.

Following his earlier visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Tinubu had a private meeting with Jonathan.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the APC's National Working Committee shot down rumors that Tinubu and Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the party's national chairman, are at odds over his selection of Festus Keyamo and Lalong as the director general and spokesperson for the party's presidential campaign.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday at the party's secretariat, Nze Duru, the deputy national organizing secretary, shot down the rumor that Adamu and the presidential candidate were at odds.

He said, “There is no power tussle over positions. None of such has happened. The party and the candidate are working together. But it is important to say that we agreed on DG and spokesman.

“The governors will control the structures at the zones. The party can’t be excluded and it won’t even exclude anybody. We will have an embracing and all-inclusive campaign council. There is no discord anywhere. More importantly, the party chairman agreed on the issue of DG and spokesman.”