Against the gale of defections from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari has met with governors elected under the party behind closed-door.
The APC governors’ meeting with President Buhari took place at the First Lady’s Wing of the Presidential villa, Abuja.
Even though no agenda of the meeting was made public, it was expected to review the recent developments in the APC before the planned departure for a 10-day holiday by President Buhari.
At the meeting with President Buhari were APC governors Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Yahaya Bello (Kogi) and Rochas Okorocha (Imo).
Others are Ibikunle Amosu (Ogun), Umar Ganduje (Kano), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Simeon Lalong (Plateau), Sani Bello (Niger) and Deputy Governor of Osun State, TitilayoLaoye-Tomori
The APC governors absent were Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi).
Also at the meeting the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and the Minister of Justice/Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived for the meeting at 9.44pm as it thereafter went into a closed door session.
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