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The All Progressives Congress, APC, said the visit of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu to former President Olusegun Obasanjo sometime last year in August was for diplomatic reason.

This was disclosed on Monday by the spokesman for the Tinubu/Shettima PCC, Kehinde Bamgbetan while featuring on the Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

Recall that Obasanjo had, in a New Year message to Nigerians, endorsed Obi, amongst other presidential candidates for the 2023 election, citing a track record of ability and performance.
The former president also said age and physical and mental disposition favour Obi more than other frontline candidates.

Reacting to the endorsement, Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said Obasanjo’s endorsement does not reflect the wishes of most Nigerians.
Atiku spoke on Sunday through the spokesperson for his Presidential Campaign Council.

His counterpart, APC’a Bola Tinubu said the endorsement of Obi by Obasanjo was worthless.
Tinubu said Obasanjo lacked any political goodwill or leverage in Nigeria to make Obi win the presidential election.

But while defending its candidate’s previous visit to Obasanjo, APC said it was for show of peace.
“That is what you call diplomacy with elder statesmen. It’s a normal diplomatic move that will show that you’re not out to fight anybody, Bamgbetan said.

ganisucks:
https://dailypost.ng/2023/01/02/tinubus-visit-to-obasanjo-show-of-peace-apc/

"..As the 2023 general elections beckon, Nigerians and people of goodwill should come together and make sure that the APC and its Leadership does not have access to power again.

This clarion call becomes necessary because APC is a Party that is made up of strange bedfellows whose political and economic interests are antithetical to the development of Delta State in particular and Nigeria in general.

The struggle for power, "grab-grab" and if "it is not me, it cannot be another person's mentality" of APC Leaders is what has brought Nigeria on her knees today!

The above analogy properly fits the APC Leaders. They do not hear the hue and cry of the majority of their followers, and Nigerians who are living in abject poverty!

To show their dangerous and embarrassing level of wickedness, they use their political parrots and emissaries of confusion who have sold their souls to mammon to defend the indefensible; even in the face of a threat to peace and existence of Nigerians!

CoronaVirusRelo:
Louder please! His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu knows the importance of inclusion without hate or bitterness!

ganisucks:
https://dailypost.ng/2023/01/02/tinubus-visit-to-obasanjo-show-of-peace-apc/

adioolayi:
Who no know it's more of moral visit of giving honour to who honour is due as per Yoruba culture and tradition...and nothing more.

OBJ with his years of active politics in PDP couldn't have left Peter Obi and Atiku (although he is still very bitter against Atiku) to now choose Tinubu that they have always been at different party and on different path.