President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin, in an apparent move to rally the former Oyo State governorship candidate behind the All Progressives Congress’ 2027 candidate, Sharafadeen Alli.
The Tuesday meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, according to a source closer to Folarin, is believed to be part of efforts to unite the party’s major stakeholders and resolve lingering differences within the Oyo APC ahead of the February 2027 governorship election.
Folarin, who represented Oyo Central Senatorial District in the Senate, was the APC governorship candidate in the 2023 election, in which he lost to the incumbent, Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The choice of Alli by the party hierarchy stopped Folarin’s ambition for 2027 as he did not participate in the primaries leading to the emergence of the governorship candidate.
His meeting with Tinubu came amid efforts by the President
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