Anger In Tinubu’s Camp After Obasanjo, Peter Obi Hold Talks With Wike In London

Allies of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, are reportedly unhappy with the decision of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to attend a meeting Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his camp had with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, in London.

Naija News recalls that Obasanjo, who met with Tinubu and some of his allies at his Ota residence last week, had alongside Obi met with Wike, Governors Samuel Ortom, Seyi Makinde, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Benue, Oyo, and Abia States respectively.

Some individuals in Tinubu’s camp had claimed that the former president reportedly committed to their cause, but Obasanjo swiftly denied reports that he endorsed Tinubu during the visit of the APC presidential candidate.

A source told Vanguard that while the Tinubu camp is not happy that the former president was at the meeting Wike had with Obi, Obasanjo’s presence at the meeting was at the instance of Obi.

The source said: “First, it was the Wike camp that leaked the London meeting with Obasanjo and Obi, and secondly, it was because of Peter Obi that Obasanjo was present at the meeting with the Wike camp.

“The Wike camp did not want the story leaked by someone else, and that informed their decision to leak the story and picture that they met with Obasanjo and Obi.

“Obasanjo was at the London meeting at the instance of Obi. The Wike camp wanted to meet Peter Obi, but Obi requested that Obasanjo should be present before the meeting could hold.

“The Tinubu people were not happy that Baba (Obasanjo) was there (London) because they felt Baba had committed himself when they met with him in Ota. They felt Baba was already committed to them (Tinubu’s camp), and so when he (Obasanjo) met with Wike, alongside Obi, the Tinubu camp was not happy that he was part of the London meeting with Wike and Obi.”