President elect; Senator BOLA AHMED TINUBU’s Asokoro residence was a hive of activities yesterday, the day after his return from over a one-month vacation in France.
Among those who visited the President-elect were two of the leading aspirants – Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom Northwest) and Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano Central).
Akpabio and Jibrin were believed to have lobbied Asiwaju Tinubu for support.
Other leading aspirants for the position are Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West), Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia North), Senator Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara West) and Senate President Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North). Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, who was newly elected, has also indicated interest.
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu, who also visited the President-elect, is believed to have held exploratory talks with Tinubu on when the party organs will meet to decide on the zoning of the National Assembly principal offices.
Adamu, who was also on a three-week vacation, resumed work yesterday. He held a four-hour meeting with some party officials at the secretariat in Abuja before driving to Tinubu’s residence.
Since they collected certificates of return, senators-elect interested in becoming principal officers had been campaigning, many of them using media outlets and others lobbying quietly.
