New PDP Chairman (Muazu) Visits IBB

 

THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Friday held a closed-door meeting with former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in continuation of his nationwide consultation with elders of the party.

Mu’azu, who led a 15-man team, arrived the Minna hilltop residence of the former military president at 12.05pm and went into a closed-door meeting that lasted till 1.05pm.

Members on his entourage, including the PDP National Youth Leader, Alhaji Abdullahi Maibasera; former House of Representatives Speaker, Gali Na’Aba; and the state PDP acting chairman, Tanko Beji, were excused from the meeting to enable the two leaders have a confidential and private session.

The meeting came barely one week after Mu’azu had a similar meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Emerging from the meeting, Babangida declined to speak with journalists. He told newsmen that he was not prepared to talk.

“I am not going to say a word. I am not talking,” he said.

Mu’azu said he was in Minna as part of his reconciliatory moves and in continuation of his meeting with some elders of the party since he emerged as the chairman of the ruling party.

He said, “I am here in continuation of my visit to our elders and I had a fruitful meeting with the former president. It was a fruitful meeting.”

Mu’azu, while declining to give details of the meeting, said, “What we discussed is not meant for public consumption. All I can say is that we had a fruitful discussion.”

He also met with the Niger State governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu.