Lagos Pushes Fresh Permutation For Tinubu As Speaker Meets Buratai, Other Top Retired Generals, Photos Emerge

Lagos Pushes Fresh Permutation For Tinubu As Speaker Meets Buratai, Other Top Retired Generals, Photos Emerge

  • Lagos state house of assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has had a closed-door meeting with the security and intelligence unit of the APC PCC
  • The team was led by a retired military chief, General Jubril Abdulmalik with top security experts such as General Abayomi Olorunisakin, former Chief of Defence Staff and General Tukur Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff
  • The team was said to be on a courtesy visit to the state assembly and they immediately went into a closed-door meeting with the speaker on their arrival

Ikeja, Lagos - Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, has met with the security and intelligence committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council (PCC).

In a statement by Obasa's spokesperson, Eromosele Ebhomele, on Wednesday, January 4, sent to Legit.ng, the team met with the speaker behind a closed door during their courtesy visit to the state house of assembly on Tuesday, January 3.

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Obasa meets Buratai, other retired military generals in Lagos Photo Credit: Mudashiru Obasa
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The meeting between the team and the speaker could be considered strategic as it came up a few weeks before the general election, where Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC and an important figure in Lagos police is one of the leader contestants.

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the statement added that the team was led by the retired military chief, General Jubril Abdulmalik, and has top security experts including General Abayomi Olorunisakin, former Chief of Defence Staff and General Tukur Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, immediately went into a closed-door meeting with the Speaker.

Others on the team include retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu and Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun, a former lawmaker and Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund.

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Photos emerge as Tinubu returns to Nigeria after performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has returned to Nigeria from his lesser hajj trip.

The return of the presidential hopeful was announced through pictures shared by his media adviser, Tunde Rahman.

Also in his entourage is the governor of Kebbi state, Abubakar Bagudu, who were both seen stepping down from the private jet together.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng