Leaders of the All Progressives Congress will visit former President Olusegun Obasanjo today, punch correspondent has learnt. A leader of APC, who pleaded anonymity,
told punch correspondent on Friday that some leaders of the party,
including some of its governors will meet Obasanjo at his home in Ota,
Ogun State.
At the residence of a former
Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, former Head of State and a
chief of APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, hinted that the next stop of the
party’s leadership in its visits to notable Nigerians would be
Obasanjo’s residence.
Buhari said APC will meet Obasanjo and explain to him the reason for the formation of the party.
Speaking to Punch correspondent, the APC
source noted that the team to Obasanjo will be comprise of select leader
of the party and some governors.
“The visit will happen tomorrow(Today 21 dec 2013). Select leaders of APC will visit Obasanjo tomorrow(Today 21 dec 2013). Some APC governors will also be there,” he said
The source however did not mention the
names of the APC leaders, who will be part of the delegation, but noted
that it would include largely the same set of the party’s leaders that
had visited other former Heads of State such as Gen. Abdulsalami
Abubakar and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.
Apart from the Interim National Chairman
of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, other leaders such as former governor of
Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Dr. Ogbonnaya
Onu are expected to be part of the delegation to Obasanjo.
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