Some Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress met with front-line presidential aspirant under the platform of Young Progressives Party (YPP) Prof. Kingsley Moghalu in a bid for the Former Nigeria’s Apex bank Deputy Governor to quit his Presidential ambition and support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.
Moghalu, LeadersNG learned, got the attraction of some power brokers close to the Presidency over his well articulated and cutout blueprint for a greater Nigeria. A presidency source told LeadersNG that the president heard of Moghalu’s presidential bid and has tasked his men to convince him to join his campaign train.
Professor Kingsley Moghalu is well accepted among the young people due to his oratory prowess, dynamism and wide knowledge of the socio-economic problems facing the country.
His campaign has focused on the core issues affecting the country and his nationwide meetings with opinion leaders, Stakeholders, youth groups and masses have proven his readiness to confront the country’s myriads of challenges.
LeadersNG gathered that in a meeting between the representatives of the president and that of the YPP aspirant, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, the Former CBN Deputy Governor was promised a ministerial role if the president wins re-election.
Another source in the know told LeadersNG that negotiations are ongoing and that the President men have promised to give Moghalu a juicy ministry.
“He has been offered Kemi Adeosun’s job. If the President wins re-election, he would drop the embattled minister of Finance who had been alleged to have forged her NYSC certificate”. – A presidency source told our correspondent.
When LeadersNG correspondent further probed the source concerning funding of Kingsley Moghalu’s campaign, the source revealed that some persons in the government may have been providing funds for the YPP aspirant which has enabled him to go round the country, set up a formidable media team helping to spread his agenda. But the source said he does not have much details about the Funding.
The Vice President, LeadersNG gathered is disposed to Moghalu whom he believes can do a better job in managing the country’s already battered economy than Kemi Adeosun. The VP had met with Moghalu even before the president’s men met with him.
You would recall that LeadersNG had reported about the #67MillionYouth Initiative of RED MEDIA which was solely to sway young voters for Nigeria’s Septuagenarian President re-election.
RED MEDIA, LeadersNG understands is the one managing Moghalu’s communications and town hall meetings across the country. The PR firm around February this year was contracted with the sum of One Hundred Million Naira to help manage Moghalu’s campaign.
An official in one of the government agencies told LeadersNG that it was the minister of Transport, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi that recommended RED MEDIA to Kingsley Moghalu and that the PR firm’s 67 Million Youth Initiative got further funding from the NNPC GMD and Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir Elrufai.
“The ultimate end goal in this whole matter is to divide the opposition’s vote and get more young people on board via Kingsley Moghalu candidacy”. – a source told our correspondent.
