May 25, 2023 1:37 PMTawfiq Akinwale, Oyo governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has alleged that Bola Tinubu asked Pat Utomi to relinquish the presidential ticket to Peter Obi.
Speaking during a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, Akiwale said president-elect Tinubu asked “Utomi to step down for Obi to become the standard bearer of the LP”, adding that the “objective was to reduce the chances of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections.
“Initially, it was Pat Utomi who had the presidential ticket of the party . Let me say something that many people don’t know today,” Akinwale said. “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a legendary politician. Everyone knows that Pat Utomi is a political mentee of Tinubu.“The president-elect said since Peter Obi left PDP, Pat Utomi should step down for him because he wanted to reduce the chances of Atiku. He knows that Atiku is also a big politician.”
Asked if Tinubu asked Utomi to relinquish the LP presidential ticket to Peter Obi, he responded with an emphatic “yes”.
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