BREAKING: Olusegun Obasanjo Offers Atiku Abubakar Special Juicy Appointment, If Only He Will Drop His 2019 Presidential Ambition

Emerging report indicates that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has come under intense pressure from his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, to drop his 2019 Presidential ambition.

Atiku was advised to work with Obasanjo on the project of producing a far younger element as President of the country, come 2019.

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It was gathered that the intense lobby resulted in certain underground meetings by the Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, with Governors of the North-East and Politicians from the geopolitical zone in the remote Yankari Games Reserve in Bauchi, recently.

As gathered, some Governors, Senators, and House of Representatives Members principally from the North-East, recently touted to have teamed up with the former President in the newly formed Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, had begun strategic meetings with the Gombe State Governor, where he had laid bare his ambition to vie for the PDP Presidential ticket.

“Through Traditional Rulers and some Political Leaders of thoughts in the North-East, we have made representations to Atiku to shelve his ambition and consider working for a far younger politician with a record of good governance”, explained one of the participants at the strategic retreats at Yankari.

It was further gathered that Atiku has not made a formal or informal attempt at consulting with Obasanjo on his ambition, for fear of a repeat of a previous experience in which the former President used Atiku’s visit to him in Ota, Ogun State, to lampoon him later in Yola, in the days of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

According to Alhaji Mohammed Toski, an Atiku Associate, the former Vice President is wary of a repeat of such embarrassment.

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Another insider in Atiku’s camp, however, stated that Obasanjo, through Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Governor, Osun State, a mutual friend of both men, had told Atiku that Obasanjo was willing to help his former Vive into roles as a Global Statesman.

“There are big roles that Atiku can play at the global stage in furtherance of democracy and opposition politics.

“Baba may be amenable to inducting Atiku into these roles”, explained the source privy to the lobby.

It is however, not clear if Atiku is prepared to accept the offer, considering what some insiders have described as the immense goodwill he enjoys from politicians across the country.

Other details from Atiku’s camp suggest that the former Vice President may not readily succumb to this offer, or back down on the PDP Presidential ticket.