Tinubu 2023: London Visit And Alleged Reps Honorarium

<p><em>Tinubu 2023 and London visit<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that just as the signal gets clearer for former governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu to return to Nigeria after several months of health attention in London&comma; the daily traffic of visits to his England recuperating home has increased tremendously&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The endless visits to mark the London get-well register by top business and political Nigerians has become a standard factor for 2023 solidarity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tinubu is rumoured to be interested in 2023 presidency and over time&comma; his body language has accentuated the political temperature so much so that those who know the depth of his pocket are falling in line ahead of the big show&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Among those that have visited the recuperating political tactician is President Muhammadu Buhari&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On Friday&comma; a delegation of the northern caucus in the House of Representatives&comma; led by the Deputy Speaker&comma; Ahmed Wase&comma; were in London to see Tinubu&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;House Majority Leader&comma; Alhassan Ado-Doguwa&semi; Chairman&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">House<&sol;a> Committee on Rules and Business&comma; Abubakar Fulata&semi; Chairman&comma; House Committee on the Army&comma; Abdulrazak Namdas&semi; Blessing Onuh&comma; daughter of former President of the Senate&comma; David Mark&semi; Sada Soli were among the other Honourables&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dressed in Kaftan and a red cap&comma; Tinubu was quoted to have said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Because of God and people like you&comma; I am well&period; It is just the physio &lpar;physiotherapy&rpar; that is gruesome&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to an insider&comma; the honourable members were allegedly offered honourarium to support their flight cost and hotel accommodation &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a <strong>Tinubu<&sol;strong> 2023 political support&period; The delegates have promised to mobilize northern votes for him during the presidential primaries&period; I am not sure of the exact amount but of course it cannot be less than &dollar;10&comma;000 per Honourable&comma;” the source disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; an inquiry message to Tunde Rahman for a confirmation of the honourarium in London was not replied as of the time of writing this report on Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Those who had earlier visited London were House of Representatives&comma; Femi Gbajabiamila&semi; Governors Abdullahi Ganduje &lpar;Kano&rpar;&comma; Dapo Abiodun &lpar;Ogun&rpar;&comma; Babajide Sanwo-Olu &lpar;Lagos&rpar;&comma; Rotimi Akeredolu &lpar;Ondo&rpar;&comma; and Kayode Fayemi &lpar;Ekiti&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The list includes a former governor of Ogun State and incumbent Senator representing Ogun Central&comma; Ibikunle Amosun&semi; former Governor of Borno State and Senator representing Borno Central&comma; Kashim Shettima&semi; and member representing Gubio&comma; Kaga and Magumeri Federal Constituency of Borno State&comma; Usman Zanna&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Also on the list are Deputy Governor of Lagos State&comma; Obafemi Hamzat&semi; Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor&comma; Tayo Ayinde&semi; Deputy Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor&comma; Gboyega Soyannwo&semi; Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Education&comma; Tokunbo Wahab&semi; former APC National Legal Adviser&comma; Muiz Banire&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District&comma; Adetokunbo Abiru&semi; Senator Adeola Solomon from Lagos West&semi; Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central&semi; Senator Adelere Oriolowo from Osun West&semi; and Senator Mohammed Sanni from Niger East also visited the ex-Lagos governor in London&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaker&comma; Lagos State House of Assembly&comma; Mudashiru Obasa&semi; Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation&comma; Temitope Adewale&semi; Chairman of the House Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development&comma; Nureni Akinsanya&semi; as well as Chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Investments and Sustainable Development Goals&comma; Sylvester Ogunkelu have also visted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area&comma; Adebayo Olasoju&semi; another politician&comma; Adekunle Akanbi&semi; and popular Fuji musician&comma; Wasiu Ayinde&comma; popularly called KWAM 1&comma; make up the list<&sol;p>&NewLine;