SAM OMATSEYE TO RELEASE BOOK ON HOW TINUBU BECAME PRESIDENT

Titled “Beating All Odds: Diaries and Essays on How Bola Tinubu Became President,” the unveiling is scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre.

Omatseye, in a Saturday statement, highlighted that the book will provide an account and context for “one of Nigeria’s most tempestuous election seasons.”

The book review will be conducted by Louis Odion, former senior technical adviser to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.

“The occasion, which is expected to attract high-profile political actors, media personalities and members of the civil societies, will be chaired by Chief Olusegun Osoba, CON, CFR, former governor of Ogun state,” the statement reads.

“The president and commander-in-chief, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, who is the subject of the book, is expected to attend as well as the vice president, Kashim Shettima.

“The chief host is Nyesom Wike, CON, minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former governor of Rivers State.

“The compere will be Eric Osagie, publisher of ThisNigeria and former editor-in-chief of the Sun Newspapers.”

Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the 2023 election after he scored 8,794,726 votes.