Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is believed to have held separate close-door meetings today, with the Nigeria’s former vice-president and a presidential aspirant on platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar and a national leader of APC and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.
The meetings were held at Obasanjo’s Hilltop presidential residence in Abeokuta.
With each spending not less than one hour with the former president, it was obvious their visits were not unconnected with the 2015 elections.
Tinubu had paid such a visit earlier in October to Obasanjo, where he said he had come to discuss the state of the nation and his advice on the choice of presidential candidate for the party.
However, on this visit, Tinubu did not grant any press interviews as his convoy drove out of the Obasanjo’s residence around 12.30pm.
Two hours after his departure, Atiku, who had earlier paid a visit to the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, arrived in a convoy, and drove into the former president’s compound.
He moved into the inner chamber of the building. After a closed -door meeting which lasted for about 45 minutes, he emerged from the chamber with his host, and went to another wing of the building where they had lunch.
He later emerged after 20 minutes and told journalists that he had come to pay respect to his former boss and also discuss the developments in the country with him.
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