BREAKING: Tinubu in Crucial Meeting With Wike, Umahi, Akpabio
- President Bola Tinubu is in meeting with former governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, David Umahi of Ebonyi State, and Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State at the Villa
- The three former governors arrived at the president’s office on Monday afternoon, June 5, and the details of their meeting remain unknown
- Meanwhile, Wike and Umahi were at the state house on Friday last week though they came separately to meet the president
President Bola Tinubu is currently in talks with the former governors of Rivers and Ebonyi states, Nyesom Wike and David Umahi respectively as well as Senator Godswill Akpabio, the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Senate Presidency.
This is the second time the former Rivers state governor will be visiting President Tinubu in 72 hours, Vanguard reported.
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Wike, Umahi meets Tinubu at Villa
After the last visit, Wike told correspondents that the move was strictly to show support as a Nigerian, denying insinuations that he wants to defect to the APC, The Nigerian Tribune reported.
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The agenda for this visit is unclear but it may not be unconnected with the leadership of the 10th Assembly that will be inaugurated this month, Channels TV reported
Details emerge as President Tinubu meets with Falana in Aso Rock over subsidy removal, economy
Details of the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) at the Presidential Villa on Saturday, June 3, have emerged.
The closed-door meeting was heard to discuss issues surrounding the looming strike following the removal of the petrol subsidy.
Falana was said to have also discussed how best to recover funds that have been stashed in foreign jurisdictions and the war against corruption with Tinubu.
Reno Omokri reveals who Tinubu may appoint as cabinet members
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that a former aide to ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri on Thursday, May 25, predicted that "prominent Obidients, including social media influencers" will be named in president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu's cabinet.
Omokri, who said this in a social media post, stated that Obidients were "used and dumped".
Obidient is a sobriquet for staunch supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election.
Source: Legit.ng
