Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and the National
Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu
are reportedly at war over President Muhammadu Buhari’s
ministerial nominees.
According to New Telegraph, the trouble started when
Tinubu nominated former Lagos State Commissioner for
Finance, Wale Edun as Finance Minister to fill the Ogun
State slot.
Obasanjo is said to have subsequently called the APC leader
and warned him against choosing Edun for Ogun when his
work and career were rooted in Lagos State.
According to sources, the former president’s recent visits to
Buhari were based on his nominations for the ministerial
list.
According to New Telegraph, some of Obasanjo’s nominees
include: former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye
Oyinlola (Osun); former Governor of Ekiti State and now the
Deputy National Chairman (South) of the APC, Chief Segun
Oni (Ekiti); Mustapha (Ogun); former Minister of Education,
Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili and former Governor, Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo.
“Tinubu and Akande’s visit to President Buhari on
September 9 was an impromptu meeting. An influential
official in the presidency told them of Obasanjo’s
surreptitious moves to corner the ministerial nominees from
the South-West. This is why the two leaders visited,” a
source said.
Obasanjo visited Buhari on September 8 while Tinubu visited
the president on September 9. The APC leader however
denied that his visit to Buhari was in connection with the
president’s ministerial list.
Buhari is set to name his ministers before September 30
despite recently saying that ministers are just noisemakers
like politicians.
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