Why we met Buhari in Daura – APC governors

State Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday
said their mission to Daura, Katsina State, was to condole with
President Muhammadu Buhari over the loss of two members of his
extended family.

The Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha
of Imo, stated this when he fielded questions from journalists
after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at his private
resident in Daura, on Friday.

He dismissed media reports that their mission to Daura was aimed
at convincing the president to seek re-election in the forthcoming
presidential election in 2019.

He said the governors also used the opportunity to commend the
president for appointing former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, as APC
chief mediator.

The president had last week appointed Mr. Tinubu to reconcile
aggrieved members of the party.

“We are yet to discuss that. That would be in next the meeting
where we will discuss whether we want to support him to run or
not,” Mr. Okorocha said regarding 2019 election.

Mr. Buhari has not publicly said he will seek re-election, but
it is all but clear the president will.

“But for now we came on the issue of the death of his two
relatives and to commend him for action taken on Tinubu as a
conciliator,’’ he said.

Also speaking on the outcome of the meeting, Gov. Tanko
Al-Makura of Nasarawa, said they were in Daura to also sympathise
with the president over the involvement of his son, Yusuf, in a
auto-accident and the death of his two relatives.

He described the appointment of Mr. Tinubu as APC chief mediator
as a wonderful initiative by the President.

“After the condolences, we had some very intimate discussion
that further bound our relationships and affinity together and I
believe this is a continuation of our closed association and
support, loyalty and commitment to Mr President’s cause and
Nigeria’s cause,’’ he said.

The governors who met with the president are the chairman of
Governors’ Forum and Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; Rochas
Okorocha (Imo); Abubakar Muhammed (Bauchi); Kashim Shettima
(Borno); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I of Kaduna
State.

Others are Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa, Abdullahi Ganduje
(Kano); Godwin Obaseki of Edo; Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Atiku Bagudu
(Kebbi); Abubakar Sani-Bello (Niger) and Tanko Al-Makura of
Nasarawa State, while the governors of Benue, Osun and Ogun were
represented by their deputies.

The governors of Yobe and Plateau were also represented at the
meeting.

(NAN)

State Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday
said their mission to Daura, Katsina State, was to condole with
President Muhammadu Buhari over the loss of two members of his
extended family.

The Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha
of Imo, stated this when he fielded questions from journalists
after a closed door meeting with President Buhari at his private
resident in Daura, on Friday.

He dismissed media reports that their mission to Daura was aimed
at convincing the president to seek re-election in the forthcoming
presidential election in 2019.

He said the governors also used the opportunity to commend the
president for appointing former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu, as APC
chief mediator.

The president had last week appointed Mr. Tinubu to reconcile
aggrieved members of the party.

“We are yet to discuss that. That would be in next the meeting
where we will discuss whether we want to support him to run or
not,” Mr. Okorocha said regarding 2019 election.

Mr. Buhari has not publicly said he will seek re-election, but
it is all but clear the president will.

“But for now we came on the issue of the death of his two
relatives and to commend him for action taken on Tinubu as a
conciliator,’’ he said.

Also speaking on the outcome of the meeting, Gov. Tanko
Al-Makura of Nasarawa, said they were in Daura to also sympathise
with the president over the involvement of his son, Yusuf, in a
auto-accident and the death of his two relatives.

He described the appointment of Mr. Tinubu as APC chief mediator
as a wonderful initiative by the President.

“After the condolences, we had some very intimate discussion
that further bound our relationships and affinity together and I
believe this is a continuation of our closed association and
support, loyalty and commitment to Mr President’s cause and
Nigeria’s cause,’’ he said.

The governors who met with the president are the chairman of
Governors’ Forum and Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; Rochas
Okorocha (Imo); Abubakar Muhammed (Bauchi); Kashim Shettima
(Borno); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I of Kaduna
State.

Others are Gov. Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa, Abdullahi Ganduje
(Kano); Godwin Obaseki of Edo; Yahaya Bello (Kogi); Atiku Bagudu
(Kebbi); Abubakar Sani-Bello (Niger) and Tanko Al-Makura of
Nasarawa State, while the governors of Benue, Osun and Ogun were
represented by their deputies.

The governors of Yobe and Plateau were also represented at the
meeting.

(NAN)