Former presidential candidate and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential hopeful, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has intensified consultations forward of the 2027 normal election, holding separate high-level conferences with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Navy President, Basic Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.).
The closed-door conferences, held on Monday, are a part of Olwepo-Hashim’s ongoing nationwide engagements with elder statesmen and key nationwide figures to debate the long run route of Nigeria.
Sources accustomed to the consultations mentioned Olawepo-Hashim assured each former leaders of his capability to deal with Nigeria’s safety challenges, rebuild nationwide unity, stabilise the polity, and restore {economic} prosperity. He reportedly pressured that Nigeria urgently wants purposeful, inclusive, and unifying management to avert deeper nationwide fractures.
Each Obasanjo and Babangida, although non-partisan, are extensively considered influential elder statesmen who stay deeply invested in Nigeria’s unity and stability, having performed defining roles within the nation’s political and navy historical past.
Olawepo-Hashim arrived at President Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta at about 11:00 a.m. and departed roughly an hour later. He subsequently travelled to Minna, the place he met with Basic Babangida aboard a Hawker 800 jet with registration quantity 5N-BZP.
Throughout the Minna assembly, Olawepo-Hashim reportedly appealed to Babangida’s historic position in preserving Nigeria’s unity, referencing the sacrifices made through the civil battle.
“Basic, you continue to carry in your physique the injuries of the battle fought to maintain Nigeria one. A lot of your colleagues weren’t lucky to outlive that battle. If Nigeria is allowed to disintegrate as we speak by means of incompetent management, then the sacrifices of patriots such as you would have been wasted,” Olawepo-Hashim was quoted as saying.
He emphasised that the 2027 election have to be centred on nationwide rescue, warning that continued management failure may additional endanger the nation’s cohesion and stability.
The 2019 presidential candidate was accompanied on the visits by the Chairman of the North Central Renaissance Motion, Professor Nghargbu Okay’tsɔ, in addition to different aides.
Political observers view the consultations as a strategic transfer by Dr. Hashim to place himself as a nationwide consensus-building determine forward of what’s anticipated to be a extremely consequential 2027 presidential election.
