Today’s scheduled meeting of the 21 former presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja, could not hold despite series of pre-event publicity.

The roundtable earlier slated for 2p.m. was for the aspirants come up with strategies to support the APC standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to win the February 2023 presidential election.

Although no official reason was given for the postponement of the meeting, it was gathered that most of the aspirants who were invited to the parley were non-committal.

Convener of the meeting and APC’s youngest presidential aspirant at its June presidential convention, Dr Nicolas Felix, had earlier said the aspirants had indicated their readiness to attend the meeting.

However, in a message sent to one of the aspirants and seen by Vanguard, Felix implied that the meeting had been postponed indefinitely.

The message read: “Good day your Excellency. Please be informed that the strategic meeting of 2023 presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled to hold on Wednesday the 31st of August has be postponed.

“A new date for the meeting will be communicated soon. Apologies for any inconvenience(s) that this might cause. Stay blessed.”

ASPIRANTS UNINTERESTED

Vanguard, however, gathered that some of the aspirants did not communicate their readiness to attend the meeting.

“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has travelled. Senate President Ahmad Lawan did not formally respond to the invitation, likewise former Transportation minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi,” said a source.

Suggesting that there could be cracks within the ranks of the presidential aspirants, especially with regards to Tinubu’s candidacy, the source said the party’s standard bearer still has a lot of reaching out to do.

Among those earlier slated to be in attendance were Osinbajo, 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.

Five serving governors, namely Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) were also billed to attend the botched meeting.

Others were Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; former Ogun State governor and serving senator, Ibikunle Amosun; a serving senator, Ajayi Boroffice; former Zamfara governor, Ahmad Sani; former Imo State governor and serving senator, Rochas Okorocha; a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; fiery cleric, Tunde Bakare; Pastor and businessman, Dr. Nicolas Felix; former Information Minister, Ikeobasi Mokelu; businessman, Tein Jack-Rich and the only female among them, Uju Ken-Ohanenye.

Tinubu had defeated Amaechi, Osibanjo and 12 others to clinch the ticket.

The race for the presidential flag bearer started with 23 aspirants, but nine withdrew shortly before the commencement of voting at the convention.

Lanretoye:
Seems good for you right?,those u mentioned are now Obidient.

JEWELofHELL666:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/former-apc-presidential-aspirants-shun-campaign-meeting-postponed/

etrouble:
Losers will always be losers. That's why they are losers. If you add all the votes that the losers got during the APC primary, it is still less than what Emilokan Tinubu Jagaban Borgu got.


How many votes were the losers able to produce during the last two Presidential elections? Judas Osinbajo lost his polling booth, Rotimi Amaechi also lost woefully even when he was sitting and standing governor, Ahhed Lawan is an inconsequential idiot like the 5% from the other side.

Although no official reason was given for the postponement of the meeting, it was gathered that most of the aspirants who were invited to the parley were non-committal.

Penguin2:
How would you expect Osinbajo, a pastor in Redeem, to go out and tell people to vote for a Muslim Muslim ticket?
How would you expect Amaechi, a Catholic knight, to tell River people to vote Muslim Muslim ticket?

Are they mad?

Rivers people are still mad at Amaechi for joining APC and you expect him to add salt to injury by supporting Tinubu? He won’t dare.

Meanwhile Lawan is still looking for his ticket, so, no time for Jagbajantis

Penguin2:
How would you expect Osinbajo, a pastor in Redeem, to go out and tell people to vote for a Muslim Muslim ticket?

How would you expect Amaechi, a Catholic knight, to tell River people to vote Muslim Muslim ticket?

Are they mad?

Rivers people are still mad at Amaechi for joining APC and you expect him to add salt to injury by supporting Tinubu? He won’t dare.

Meanwhile Lawan is still looking for his ticket, so, no time for Jagbajantis