Jonathan and Buhari met for hours as Jonathan set to take Buhari on tour of Aso Rock

President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari met again on Friday in the Villa.

The meeting which held at the Presidential Banquet hall of the Aso Rock was the second meeting between the two leaders since General Buhari emerged winner of the March 28 presidential election.

President Jonathan and General Buhari had earlier met last Month on Good Friday at the same venue.

President Jonathan who spoke with state House correspondents after the meeting said the two of them agreed to pick a date later when he will take the President-elect on a tour of the Presidential Villa.

“We will take a date when the President will come and I will show him round the State House but today is not for that. Today is for us to continue with our conversation.

So we don’t need to worry the President, we don’t need to worry the President

Asked how fruitful the meeting was, President Jonathan said: “You can see that we are smiling, it was a fruitful one. We are discussing for the interest of the country” he said.

General Buhari did not say any thing, noting that: “The President has said it all”.

Buhari was accompanied to the meeting by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Chief John Oyegun and former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau.

In a move to accord the President-Elect some presidential respect even before being sworn-in, the federal government has made available the Defence House for his private and official engagements.

Vanguard gathered that the House was built by the regime of the former Military president, Ibrahim Babangida.

The residence is also called “Safe House” and can only be accessed by Nigerians with presidential status.

Buhari who has been in his private residence in Asokoro area of Abuja metropolis before his election on March 28 moved into the place on Monday upon his return from Daura, Katsina State for the April 11 governorship and state assembly elections.

So, far, he has received dignitaries including ambassadors of Morocco, Isreal, China and Equatorial Guinea who paid him a congratulatory visit at the place that now wears a new look.

He also received the chairman of ECOWAS and Ghanaian president, John Mahama at the place on Tuesday.

He also received the chairman of ECOWAS and Ghanaian president, John Mahama at the place on Tuesday.

Apparently, the House will provide temporary shelter for the president-elect until he finally moves into the Aso Rock presidential Villa after his swearing-in next month.