Tinubu to kickstart presidential campaign from Kwara State.
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his team, on Friday disclosed that Ilorin, the Kwara State capital in the North Central region of the country has been selected as the official state to kickstart their campaign for this season.
This was reeled out by one of the party’s stakeholders who attended Wednesday’s meeting with the Progressive Governors Forum(PGF), Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and members of APC National Working Committee (NWC).
The source, one of Tinubu’s close associates , said that Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu and the stakeholders agreed on North Central , Ilorin to be precise.
The closed-door meeting, lasted around three hours at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, witnessed heavy traffic and security presence.
The meeting had In attendance the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC; Senator Kashim Shettima; Atiku Bagudu; Adams Oshimhole; Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and a host of others .
The spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo was reluctant to divulge information while speaking to journalists after the meeting.
He said, “We have reached compromise on the region to begin the campaign but I am not going to discuss that now. We have also addressed all the basic issues because we want to carry the leaders of the party along. So,for now, no date has been picked
(for PCC inauguration). But we will announce that sooner than you think.”
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his team, on Friday disclosed that Ilorin, the Kwara State capital in the North Central region of the country has been selected as the official state to kickstart their campaign for this season.
This was reeled out by one of the party’s stakeholders who attended Wednesday’s meeting with the Progressive Governors Forum(PGF), Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and members of APC National Working Committee (NWC).
The source, one of Tinubu’s close associates , said that Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu and the stakeholders agreed on North Central , Ilorin to be precise.
The closed-door meeting, lasted around three hours at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, witnessed heavy traffic and security presence.
The meeting had In attendance the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC; Senator Kashim Shettima; Atiku Bagudu; Adams Oshimhole; Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and a host of others .
The spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo was reluctant to divulge information while speaking to journalists after the meeting.
He said, “We have reached compromise on the region to begin the campaign but I am not going to discuss that now. We have also addressed all the basic issues because we want to carry the leaders of the party along. So,for now, no date has been picked(for PCC inauguration). But we will announce that sooner than you think.”