Osinbajo, Amaechi, Lawan, other APC presidential aspirants to rally Tinubu

Barring a last-minute change, 22 presidential aspirants at the June Special National Convention and presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet next week in Abuja to strategise on how the party’s flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will win in 2023.

The strategic meeting is slated to hold on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022.

The meeting holds about six months before the presidential election slated for February 28, 2023.

Indication of this effect emerged in a statement by the media office of the youngest presidential aspirant, Dr. Nicolas Felix, on Thursday in Abuja.

The statement reads: “The special invitation to the strategic meeting of all 2023 APC Presidential aspirants, which will be held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 by 2pm is to brainstorm on adopting winning campaign strategies that will carry every Nigerian along and address the challenges bedeviling our country.”

Those expected are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Science and Technology Minister, Ogbonnaya Onu; former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio.

Governors Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Dave Umahi (Ebonyi); Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa); Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) are also expected at the meeting.

Aspirants invited for the meeting are Senate President Ahmad Lawan; former Ogun Governor Ibikunle Amosun; Senator Ajayi Boroffice; former Zamfara Governor Ahmad Sani; former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha; a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; Former Speaker Dimeji Bankole; Pastor Tunde Bakare; Dr. Nicolas Felix; former Information Minister, Ikeobasi Mokelu; Businessman, Tein Jack-Rich and the only female among them, Uju Ken-Ohanenye.