{"id":292160,"date":"2023-10-06T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=292160"},"modified":"2023-10-06T06:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T05:30:18","slug":"chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>This is as he shared the details of what transpired between him and Tinubu and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the build up to the 2003 general election<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/certificate-scandal-why-atiku-deeply-despises-tinubu-apc\/\">Atiku Abubakar<\/a>, has opened up on how he help President Bola Tinubu to achieve his political ambition some two decades again.<\/p>\n<p>This is as he shared the details of what transpired between him and Tinubu and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the build up to the 2003 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku stated that he helped Tinubu win his second term bid as Lagos governor as he prevailed on Obasanjo to allow Tinubu hold sway in Lagos State in 2003 because PDP took over the entire Southwest.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that Tinubu worked for the late President Umar Yar\u2019Adua, stressing that he won his primary election held in Lagos in 2007 on merit.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP 2023 flag bearer disclosed this during his world press conference to address the Chicago State University saga in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Atiku: \u201cTinubu didn\u2019t support me in 2007, at the primaries held in Lagos, I won on merit. He later sent people to me so he can be my running mate but I don\u2019t like Muslim Muslim ticket, till date, I will never support it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2007, Tinubu worked for Umaru Musa Yar\u2019Adua to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhereas I was the one who asked OBJ, in 2003, to leave Lagos State for him, we took all other South-West states but we deliberately left Lagos for Tinubu, unfortunately, he supported Yar\u2019Adua against me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is as he shared the details of what transpired between him and Tinubu and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the build up to the 2003 general election. The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has opened up on how he help President Bola Tinubu to achieve his political ambition some two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":292154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[57609,1029,1665,28],"class_list":["post-292160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-2003-election","tag-atiku","tag-obasanjo","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is as he shared the details of what transpired between him and Tinubu and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the build up to the 2003 general\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"558\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Afolabihakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\"},\"headline\":\"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2003 election\",\"Atiku\",\"Obasanjo\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg\",\"width\":998,\"height\":558},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/06\\\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\",\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Afolabi Hakim\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@Afolabihakim\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/afolabi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku","og_description":"This is as he shared the details of what transpired between him and Tinubu and former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the build up to the 2003 general","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":998,"height":558,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Afolabi Hakim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Afolabihakim","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Afolabi Hakim","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/"},"author":{"name":"Afolabi Hakim","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27"},"headline":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku","datePublished":"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/"},"wordCount":267,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg","keywords":["2003 election","Atiku","Obasanjo","Tinubu"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/","name":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-06T05:30:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231005_214809_Nigeria-Newspapers.jpg","width":998,"height":558},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/06\/chicago-gate-i-persuaded-obasanjo-to-leave-lagos-for-tinubu-in-2003-atiku\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chicago-gate: I persuaded Obasanjo to leave Lagos for Tinubu in 2003 \u2013 Atiku"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27","name":"Afolabi Hakim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Afolabi Hakim"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/@Afolabihakim"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/afolabi\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}