President Bola Tinubu has received in audience the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso at the State House in Abuja.
A former Chairman of
the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jubrin,
accompanied him to the Presidential Villa.
The former Kano State
governor had met Tinubu whom he contested against in the February 25 election
but lost in France last month, making today’s meeting the second time the two
leaders will be meeting after the elections. It is, however, their first meeting
since Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria’s President on May 29.
The first meeting
which took place in the French capital on Monday, May 15 was brokered by
Kwankwaso’s ally Jibrin who was formerly in Tinubu’s camp.
“Yes, they had a
meeting,” an impeccable source in Kwankwaso’s camp had told Channels
Television, adding that talks have not been concluded.
An authoritative
source within the Tinubu camp also confirmed the meeting at the time saying,
“It’s true. It was in France they met as reported. It also lends credence to
the fact that the man (Tinubu) is alive and well.”
Another source who
was at the France meeting had said it was expected and that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) would be happy to welcome Kwankwaso back to the
party especially as he and Tinubu “have always been friends”.
He added that “the
main subject is getting Kwankwaso to join a government of national unity.”
Asked if it was
possible to see Kwankwaso as a minister under Tinubu, he said, “It is a
possibility”.
Tinubu had in the
wake of his declaration as the winner of the presidential elections, said he
would run a government of national unity – which means giving out positions to
the opposition.
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