President Bola Tinubu on Monday exchanged warm greetings and shared a hug with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Owerri, Imo State.
The duo met during the swearing-in of Governor Hope
Uzodimma.
This was the first time Tinubu and Obasanjo will be meeting
after the 2023 presidential election.
Recall that in the past, Tinubu and Obasanjo had a strained
relationship, but they appeared to have reconciled before the 2023 presidential
election when Tinubu visited the former president in Ota, Ogun State.
However, despite Tinubu’s visit, Obasanjo supported Peter
Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, during the last election.
The event: Tinubu, who was earlier at an event in Abuja for
the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in
Owerri around 1 pm.
He was accompanied by some government officials and was
welcomed by Uzodimma and other Imo leaders.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas also attended the event. The
Anambra governor Charles Soludo was represented by his deputy, Onyekachi
Ibezim.
Residents of Imo State disregarded the sit-at-home movement
in the Southeast and turned out in large numbers for the swearing-in ceremony.
They marched to the Dan Anyiam Stadium through the streets while donning
vibrant clothing.
Monday’s inauguration came about two months after Uzodimma
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won a second term in office, defeating
his closest rivals Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
Labour Party (LP)’s Athan Achonu.
The governor got 540,308 votes, the PDP candidate secured
71, 503 votes, and Nneji Achonu polled 64,081 votes.
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