President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed door with members of the 18 state governors of the APC Governors’ Forum in Daura, Katsina State on Friday.
Three of the governors were represented by their deputies at the meeting, which started at about 2.45 p.m.
Among who governors who attended the meeting were the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum and Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari; Rochas Okorocha (Imo); Abubakar Muhammed (Bauchi); Kashim Shettima (Borno); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Malam Nasir El-Rufa’I of Kaduna State.
Others include 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.
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Chairman of the APC Govenrors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha said they were in Daura to comdole with President Buhari over the loss of two members of his extended family.
He debunked speculations in the media that they had travelled to Daura to convince the President to seek re-election in 2019.
“We are yet to discuss that. That would be in the next meeting where we will discuss whether we want to support him to run or not.
“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,” Okorocha said.
President Buhari had last week, appointed party chieftain, Bola Tinubu to reconcile aggrieved members of the party.
