2015: Atiku, Tinubu, others in secret meeting with Obasanjo in Abeokuta



Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Friday continued their consultation with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Abubakar and other leaders of the APC, including a former Minister of Education, Prof. Babalola Borishade who is also the Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organisation and Chief Oyewole Fasawe, an associate of the former president held a 35-minute closed-door meeting with Obasanjo at his hilltop mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Others at the meeting with Obasanjo were Prof. Maxwell Gidado, Director (Legal) of the ACO, Senator Mohammed Ohiare (Kogi Central) and Dr. Adeolu Akande.

Also, the former governor of Lagos and APC national leader, Senator Bola Tinubu was said to have earlier held a separate closed door meeting with Obasanjo along with former Governor of Ekiti, Chief Segun Oni.

Speaking with newsmen immediately after the meeting, the former vice president said he had come to pay his “respect” to Obasanjo and to also discuss the state of the nation with him.

He also described his re­lationship with Obasanjo as “extremely cordial”.

The former vice president however expressed regret at the defection of the former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, some National and state Assembly lawmakers from the APC to the SDP.

He described their exit as “regrettable and unfortunate” but expressed hope that the situation could still be salvaged.

“Yes, I’m the chairman of the South west reconciliation committee but we have also decided to set up an elders’ sub-committee of that committee to try and see if there will be what I call internal reconciliation before the bigger commit­tee looks at the reconcilia­tion process.

“It is regrettable, it is un­fortunate but I believe it is a situation that is still reconcilable. This is a situation that has been going on for quite some time and we’ve not given up,” Abubakar said.

Earlier, the former vice president paid a courtesy visit to Governor Ibikunle Amosun in his Oke-Mosan office.

Speaking during the visit to the governor, Abubakar commended Governor Amosun for the achieve­ments his administration has so far recorded.

He described it as “phenomenal and unbelievable” and urged the people to al­low him to have a second term in office.


Abubakar also later held a closed door meeting with APC leaders in the state. – The Sun

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