President Muhammadu Buhari met separately behind closed doors with the governors of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, & Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Governor Tambuwal is a frontrunner for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential ticket in next year’s election, while Bagudu is the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum.
Governor Tambuwal’s meeting with President Buhari comes just days after the PDP’s consensus plans for four northern presidential aspirants fell through.
The PDP presidential aspirants involved in the arrangement included Governor Tambuwal, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, former Managing-Director of FsB International Bank, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen.
Presidency sources said that the President invited some governors that their states share borders with neighbouring countries.
Source: vanguardngr.com