Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Tuesday held closed door assembly with former Navy President, Ibrahim Babangida in his nation house, Minna, Niger State.
It was gathered that Atiku had arrived on the Prime hill residence of Babangida at about 1pm and was joined about 40 minutes later by Governor Makinde.
The assembly got here on the heels of present political alignment and re-alignments forward of the following yr’s normal elections.
Governor Makinde has been a topic of speculations regarding his future after serving as governor.
Governor Makinde had labored to strengthen the Peoples Democratic Occasion together with sponsoring the social gathering’s latest nationwide conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, which has change into a topic of endless litigation.
His efforts led to hypothesis that he could be eyeing the social gathering’s Presidential ticket in 2027.
Makinde is nevertheless but to return out overtly on his ambition, after second time period tenure elapse, Could, twenty ninth, 2027.
Particulars of the assembly was being anticipated on the time of submitting this report however hearsay of potential defection and alignment by the 2 figures has taken over the social media area.
Atiku Abubakar, who was the PDP Presidential candidate in 2023, is among the frontline contenders for the Presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress, a celebration he helped put collectively in alliance with different prime politicians.
It was not instantly clear if he’s contemplating selecting Governor Makinde as his working mate in 2027 however some sources claimed that Makinde could defect to the ADC for a joint ticket with the previous Vice President.