Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will today meet with governors of the
All Progressives Congress in his country home of Daura, Katsina State as
he strategises ahead of 2019 election.
According to DailyTrust, the president might tell the governors
whether or not he would contest the 2019 presidential elections. He
arrived Daura yesterday evening on a private visit after a working visit
to Kaduna State. His visit to Daura is believed to be connected to last
week’s death of two members of his family.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed to DailyTrust on telephone that
Buhari would meet the governors in Daura today.
“Yes, that is very correct,” Shehu said.
He, however, declined comment on the agenda of the meeting. Also,
the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi
Adesina, said whatever meeting the president has with anyone in Daura
would be a private one.
Some governors of the APC, ministers and various groups had
expressed support to the president should he decide to seek re-election
in 2019. A former president, Olusegun Obasanjo and former military
president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida had in separate statements,
advised Buhari against seeking re-election.
The president had last week appointed a national leader of the APC,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reconcile aggrieved members of the party.
A source said the president and the governors were earlier scheduled to
meet at the Presidential Villa in Abuja today, but that the meeting was
rescheduled to take place in Daura since Buhari had gone there.
The source, who pleaded anonymity, said “very serious political developments,”
would be discussed at the meeting. He said it was very likely that the
president would inform the governors of his intention to run for the
2019 presidential election or not.