President Muhammadu
Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the leaderships of the All
Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Banquet
Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, which started around 11.10a.m., was
still ongoing as of the time of filing this report.
It is being attended
by the vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun,
and the caretaker chairman of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi.
Other APC members
attending the meeting include the National Legal Adviser of the APC, Muiz
Banire, Olorunnimbe Mamora, Tony Momoh, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani,
amongst others.
Those from the PDP are
Ben obi and other members of the caretaker committee.
NAN reliably learnt
that the meeting will discuss socio-political issues especially the problem of
hate speech and the prevailing security situation in the country.
The presidency on
Wednesday advised the nation’s opinion leaders and proponents of restructuring
to exercise restraint in their choice of words to avoid heating up the polity
and causing acrimony among Nigerians.
- Premium / NAN
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