2023 Presidency: Tambuwal consults Obasanjo, Mark and Danjuma
The Sokoto State Governor, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, has begun consultations with some veteran politicians over his presidential aspiration on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Daily Times gathered that the consultations started last Thursday when he met the former Senate President, Senator David Mark, during which he discussed his ambition with him.
Tambuwal continued his consultation visit on Saturday with visits to a former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former Minister of Defence, Lt Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd).
The governor had met behind closed doors with Obasanjo for about an hour in his Presidential Library Pent House in Abeokuta.
A statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, said the governor’s visit to the former president was bordering on issues concerning governance and others.
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“You know Baba is our leader, statesman. And it is always good for us to come around to see how he is doing, pay homage and consult him on many issues of governance. That is why we have come this afternoon. And, we brought him the greetings and felicitations of the good people of Sokoto State,” the statement had quoted the governor, who was a leading contender for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election season, as saying.
Daily Times learnt yesterday that the main reason for the visit, which the former president’s aide described as unscheduled, was for Tambuwal to hear Obasanjo’s opinion on his presidential bid.
After the meeting with Obasanjo, Tambuwal headed for Lagos where he held talks with Danjuma in his residence, according to credible sources.
He was said to have briefed the former minister on his decision to vie for the presidency in 2023 in a meeting that lasted for more than two hours.
As part of the consultation program, Tambuwal had on Thursday met with Mark in his Abuja residence.
However, the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has not officially announced the party’s zoning arrangement for the 2023 presidential ticket. Daily Times gathered that PDP is waiting for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to make a decision before announcing from which zone its candidate would come from.
The governor was Speaker of the House of Representatives for four years and is about to complete his two-term tenure of eight years as governor of Sokoto State, he said, adding that he is currently the deputy chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and also the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum.
