Five governors will be visiting Minna, the Niger state capital today for
a meeting with the two former heads of state Gen Ibrahim Babangida and
Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, Daily Trust has learnt.
Four governors,
Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso
(Kano) and Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto), visited former President Olusegun
Obasanjo in Abekuta on Saturday.
Today they are expected to team up
with their host governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu to meet with Generals
Babangida and Abdulsalami.
Niger State government spokesman Danladi
Ndayebo confirmed that some governors will be visiting the state but did
not give details or the purpose of the visit.
But a source that
follows events on the national political scene said the visit is not
unconnected with plans about 2015 general elections.
President
Goodluck Jonathan himself visited former President Obasanjo in Abeokuta
weekend. His visit is seen as an effort to mend fences with former
leader who has for long kept away from party and government activities.
The
four governors also visited Obasanjo same day. Their visit came minutes
apart with that of Mr. Jonathan, but they took pains to avoid each
other even though they belong to the same ruling party.
Man governors
in the ruling PDP want to stop President Jonathan from running again in
the election insisting he must abide by an agreement he had signed in
2011 not to stand for election this time around.
The President’s
aides, however, have insisted no such agreement exists. The President
himself last year said he would announce in 2014 whether or not he will
run for reelection.
http://dailytrust.info/index.php/top-stories/1309-five-govs-to-meet-ibb-abdulsalami-today
No comments:
Post a Comment