12th March, 2024
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
Dignitaries and political heavyweights are expected to gather at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja for the launch of “Beating all odds: diaries and essays on how Bola Tinubu became president,” authored by essayist and chairman of the editorial board of The Nation Newspapers, Mr. Sam Omatseye, today, Tuesday, 12 March.
The book gave an inside account of how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the February 2023 Nigeria’s presidential election.
“The book, which is the first major work to give an account of and context to one of Nigeria’s most tempestuous election seasons, will be launched on Tuesday, March 12, at the Shehu Musa Yar Adua Centre in Abuja,” Omatseye said.
Expected atthe unveiling are high-profile political actors, media personalities and members of the civil societies.
The event will be chaired by Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of Ogun State.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the subject of the book, is expected to attend as well as Vice President Kashim Shettima. The chief host is Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former governor of Rivers State,” the organisers said.