Atiku, Obi Deepen Consultations Ahead Of 2027 Election

Ahead of the 2027 statesmanlike election, erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party statesmanlike campaigner successful 2023, Peter Obi, person intensified their governmental consultations successful caller weeks, LEADERSHIP checks revealed yesterday.

Atiku and Obi person successful the past 1 week embarked connected strategical visitations to apical governmental figures crossed the country. While details of their meetings are not made public, the governmental actors person openly stated that discussions dwelled connected the authorities of the nation.

Atiku and Obi contested the 2019 statesmanlike predetermination with the erstwhile arsenic campaigner and the second arsenic moving mate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

They person some dumped PDP and are present successful the conjugation party, African Democratic Congress (ADC) wherever they are some keen connected seeking the party’s statesmanlike summons successful 2027.

Meanwhile, Obi is being wooed by PDP leaders to return, having zoned their summons to the South.

However, checks by LEADERSHIP uncover that Atiku and Obi person been extending their governmental engagements with governmental stakeholders up of 2027.

Shortly aft his instrumentality from a overseas trip, Atiku, who precocious declared his volition to contention successful 2027, had met with immoderate bluish politicians, including erstwhile APC governorship campaigner successful Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar; Senator Halliru Jika; and Senator Sulaiman Nazi Gamawa.

On Tuesday, he  visited erstwhile Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, a PDP chieftain, who had supported erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan’s instrumentality to PDP.

Speaking connected his sojourn to Lamido connected his X handle, Atiku said, “Last night, I met with erstwhile Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, successful his residence successful Abuja. We discussed extensively connected the authorities of the federation and however we tin each collaborate to redeem the existent situation.”

On the aforesaid day, helium led a delegation connected a courtesy sojourn to the United States Ambassador, Richard M. Mills Jr., successful Abuja.

After the  meeting, helium said, “Our treatment focused connected strengthening the enduring concern betwixt Nigeria and the United States, peculiarly successful the areas of advancing democracy, security, and promoting shared prosperity.”

The erstwhile vice president besides visited elder statesman and erstwhile PDP nationalist chairman, Dr Bamanga Tukur, connected his 90th day recently.

He besides paid a courtesy sojourn to erstwhile Governor of Sokoto State, Attaihu Bafarawa, astatine his residence successful Abuja.

He besides hosted governmental stakeholders from Borno State, led by Hon. Mohammed Kumaila astatine his residence successful Abuja.

Obi has besides visited immoderate apical governmental leaders successful the past 1 week. He met with erstwhile President Jonathan past week, describing their treatment arsenic a fruitful deliberation connected nationalist issues.

This week, the erstwhile Anambra authorities met with erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was accompanied connected the sojourn to Obasanjo with Dr Yunusa Tanko, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Vivour and Segun Adebanjo. Obi thereafter visited the caller Olubadan of Ibadan kabiyesi Oba  Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja.

He besides met with the enactment of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere nether the enactment of Oba Oladipo Olaitan, who is besides the person of taste Nigerian nationalities, comprising PANDEF and Middle Belt Forum.

“I sincerely convey them for their courageousness for ever lasting retired for fearless justness and the unity of our country, and impulse them not to relent.

“We had a utile gathering and discussed extensively astir the existent concern successful our country, particularly successful the captious areas of education, wellness and pulling radical retired of poverty.”

He besides visited erstwhile curate of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami astatine his residence.

After their gathering Pantami, connected his X grip said, “Last night, I received a affable sojourn from His Excellency Peter Obi, a erstwhile politician of Anambra State and the 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of the Labour Party.

“We discussed a scope of issues, including agriculture, economy, education, artificial intelligence, planetary statistics, and unity successful diversity, among others. My household and I are astir appreciative of the visit,” helium said.