₦airaland Forum

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday visited former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, at his hilltop residence in Minna, the Niger State capital, amid fresh speculation over their alleged involvement in manoeuvring ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Obasanjo, who arrived via the Ahmed Bola Tinubu International Airport, Minna, was received by protocol officials from the Niger State Government House before proceeding directly to the elder statesman’s residence.

Sources told Daily Trust that the two former leaders held a closed-door meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, after which Obasanjo returned to the airport.

One of the sources said the visit may not be unconnected with national issues and the 2027 general elections, which are already gathering momentum.

Obasanjo has recently been in the news amid reports linking him to political permutations aimed at producing a joint ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC).

The proposed ticket, according to the reports, is being positioned to first challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the party’s presidential ticket and, if successful, to mount a broader opposition challenge against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

The reports further suggested that the arrangement, allegedly being spearheaded by Obasanjo, includes an alternative plan for Obi and Kwankwaso to contest on another platform should they fail to secure the ADC ticket.

It was also reported that Babangida had encouraged Kwankwaso to leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the ADC, a move observers describe as part of a wider political strategy.

Both Obasanjo and Babangida have yet to make any formal comments on the speculations.

However, their meeting on Monday has been interpreted in political circles as a further step in advancing these permutations.

Richtaiwo:
These relics of expired relevance should kindly take several seats and remain firmly glued to them. They parade themselves as “elder statesmen,” yet behave like noisy party mascots who never got the memo that retirement exists.

They’ve had their turns, some squandered it spectacularly, others merely warmed the seat while achieving nothing, and now they hover like political mosquitoes, buzzing around every election with unsolicited wisdom and fossilized opinions.

It’s time they relaxed, sipped their tea, and stopped polluting the public space with interference nobody asked for. Let Nigerians choose their leaders without guidance from political antiques who mistake age for wisdom and nostalgia for relevance.

manuelkel:
How did you come to conclusion that the closed-door meeting was political??
Did you attend the closed-door meeting??
It could be business, it could be something aside politics. So how did you get this conclusion?

Dogalmighty17:
I don't understand how one person can stay in his parlour since 1993 and still be controlling whatever happens in Nigeria. For you to be president of this country, you must visit this man. The funny thing is he doesn't bother himself with whoever is governor of Niger state. Yet, one frog voiced scare crow in Port Harcourt doesn't want to allow Fubara rest.

Dogalmighty17:
I don't understand how one person can stay in his parlour since 1993 and still be controlling whatever happens in Nigeria. For you to be president of this country, you must visit this man. The funny thing is he doesn't bother himself with whoever is governor of Niger state. Yet, one frog voiced scare crow in Port Harcourt doesn't want to allow Fubara rest.

sacajawea:
Who is the Lady in the Pic?

sacajawea:
Who is the Lady in the Pic?

sacajawea:
Who is the Lady in the Pic?

iwaeda:
They are cooking something again, Abdulsalam is old to be consulted.

sacajawea:
Who is the Lady in the Pic?

Gotocourt:
Sources told Daily Trust that the two former leaders held a closed-door meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, after which Obasanjo returned to the airport.


OBJ and short meetings be like 5 & 6 🤷🏿.

ngmgeek:
Soon they will start showing us pictures of Kwankwaso wife frying akara for beggars.

Who did this to Nigeria?

Richtaiwo:
It literally says “amid 2027 speculation.” Do I need to consult a prophet, summon a soothsayer, or crack open a crystal ball to grasp the obvious? Unless English has suddenly become hieroglyphics, the purpose of the meeting isn’t exactly hiding under a rock.