President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with seven governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting came barely an hour after the president returned to Abuja after participating in Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.
The governors at the meeting included Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdulaziz Yari, Zamfara State and Kassim Shetima of Borno.
The agenda of the meeting was not made public and the governors declined comment on the outcome of the meeting.
It was learned that the meeting might have discussed the aftermaths of the governorship and assembly elections held in 29 states.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared six governorship elections in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto inconclusive while all electoral processes were suspended in Rivers.
INEC is to announce new dates for the conduct of the re-run elections in the affected states.
The APC serving governors whose elections were declared inconclusive include Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Jibrila Bindow of Adamawa State.
The governors also used the opportunity of the meeting with the president to congratulate him on his re-election for a fresh four-year term.
