Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.
Lawal and Dogara on arrival in Port Harcourt went into a closed-door meeting at the private residence of Governor Wike.
After the meeting, Lawal said they had just fulfilled a biblical injunction to visit one another.
Dogara described Wike as an indispensable politician that fits into their aspiration to build an inclusive Nigeria adding that as part of the agenda-setting, they met to chart a new course for the nation.
The visit comes one day after Lawal and Dogara, both members of the All Progressives Congress spearheaded a northern Christian gathering to formally reject the Muslim-Muslim ticket of their party.
Governor Wike on Friday also criticized the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, stating that all statements made by Atiku on efforts to pacify him after the party’s presidential primaries were farther from the truth.
(CHANNELS TV)
