Surprises will be
springing soon with first appointments of the President-elect,
Muhammadu
Buhari, as he met secretly with former President Olusegun Obasanjo Tuesday in
Lagos at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport for almost an
hour.
The meeting, it
was learnt, was the first meeting the two would have since Buhari was declared
winner of the presidential election on April 1.
It was learnt that
Buhari and other All Progressives Congress leaders had come to Lagos for a
thank you visit and to campaign for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode, but had a meeting with Obasanjo before setting out to
campaign in the Orile area of the state.
A member of the
President-elect’s entourage said, “Gen. Buhari and former President Obasanjo
were in the inner lounge of the presidential wing of the airport where they
held a secret meeting for almost an hour.
“The National
Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Governor Rotimi Amaechi,
Senator Chris Ngige and many of us were made to stay at the main lounge
throughout the meeting. We do not really know what was discussed but it must
have been very sensitive.”
Meanwhile, the
Northern Christian Leaders Eagle Eyes Forum, has said the group was not surprised
that Buhari won the poll.
The group had
before the election endorsed Buhari to the consternation of the Christian
Association of Nigeria led by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.
The CAN condemned
and distanced itself from the endorsement.
Addressing journalists
in Kaduna on Tuesday, Chairman of the Forum, Pastor Aminchi Habu, also said
under Buhari, Nigeria would take its rightful position among the comity of
nations.
Saying that they
have confidence that the president-elect would steer the ship of the nation to
greatness, the cleric noted that he and his other colleagues, believed that the
Katsina-born-general deserved his electoral victory because he worked for it.
The chairman,
specifically hailed the National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu, former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar, Senator Bukola Saraki, governors Rotimi Amaechi, Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso, Magatakarda Wamako and Ahmed Abdulfatai for working round the clock
to ensure that Buhari won the election.
“These men are not
only quintessential politicians but also political strategists in their own
rights and so deserve special commendation as they worked tirelessly to ensure
that Nigeria change for good,” he said.
Buhari, Obasanjo Strategize on cabinet appointments in a secret meeting in Lagos
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