Tinubu Receives Ambode At Aso Villa
To signal a reconciliation and likely political realignment, President Bola Tinubu received an erstwhile Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.
Ambode, who arrived at the State House around 4pm, was ushered into the President’s office for a closed-door session that ran for about an hour.
As the national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos (1999 – 2007), Tinubu was instrumental to Ambode’s election as governor in 2015.
However, their relationship worsened around 2017, notably leading to Ambode being denied a second-term ticket by the APC in 2018.
Although the details of their conversation were not revealed afterwards, Friday’s meeting signalled a significant improvement in their relationship.
About three weeks earlier, the two leaders were spotted together in Ikeja, Lagos, at a dinner hosted by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in Tinubu’s honour.
