President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with members of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Election headed by former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd).
President Buhari and ex-President Goodluck Jonathan signed peace pacts ahead of the March 28 presidential elections at the instance of the committee.
Tuesday’s meeting is coming a few days after Jonathan paid a secret visit to Buhari last Thursday and another meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo last Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
In attendance at the Tuesday meeting are – Buhari, Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III; the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh.
Others are – the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan; the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mrs. Priscilla Kuye; and Senator Ben Obi.
The meeting is still in progress at the time of filing this report.
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