Tambuwal meets Obasanjo in Ogun to ‘discuss national issues’
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Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in what was described as a national issues meeting.
A Special Assistant to the former president on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The meeting, he stated, took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence of the former Nigerian leader in Abeokuta.
He, however, said the discussions between former President Obasanjo and Governor Tambuwal held behind closed doors.
He said Tambuwal arrived at about 1.30pm with some of his key aides and he went straight into the meeting with the former president.
According to him, the duo came out at about 2.40pm “and briefly he hinted that the meeting was on national issues”.
“He later took his lunch with his entourage and headed for the mosque inside OOPL to observe salat (prayers) before leaving the complex,” Akinyemi said in the statement.
During the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention in May, Tambuwal withdrew from the presidential race and asked his supporters to back Atiku Abubakar.
Tambuwal had said he stepped down for Atiku for the “good of the party and the country”.
“What we have done is for the good of our party and the country. I appreciate every one of you that prayed for me and our party,” he had said.
