Tinubu is backing 53-year-old Managing Director of the Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC), Babajide Sanwoolu, ahead of the Lagos APC governorship primary election.
Tinubu has reportedly fallen out with Ambode who has since acquired the N22.5million APC governorship nomination form.
APC chieftains and President Muhammadu Buhari will converge in Osogbo on Tuesday, to campaign for governorship flagbearer in the Osun election, Gboyega Oyetola.
“Ambode arrived Osogbo with his wife, full convoy and entourage which is unusual because he’s never one to attend political rallies in the past. He doesn’t really care about rallies and has conveniently missed the APC’s many rallies,” an APC chieftain confirmed on the phone.
It was learnt that Ambode’s task on the sidelines in Osun will be to continue pleading with Tinubu and ask other APC chieftains, including President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to beg Tinubu on his behalf.
Another source disclosed that after Tinubu and Ambode met at Jim Ovia’s book launch on Monday, Mrs. Ambode literally rolled on the floor to beg Tinubu on her husband’s behalf.
“I really don’t know whether she was trying to beg Tinubu to provide a soft landing for her husband in the event that he doesn’t get a second term ticket or beg Tinubu to back her husband instead of Sanwoolu.
“But like you know, The Jagaban has always told Ambode that the situation is now beyond him, that he can no longer help him at this point”, the source offered.
Preferred APC governorship candidate for Lagos, Jide Sanwoolu, has reportedly also arrived Osogbo with his own foot soldiers and supporters to counter whatever plot Ambode intends to execute.
