President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
The ex-President, however, refused to speak to State House correspondents after the meeting.
The former President arrived for the meeting at about 12.30 p.m. and discussions between the two leaders lasted about an hour.
A source told Channels Television that the meeting centred on the outcome of Obasanjo’s recent international engagements.
The source explained that during the meeting, the former President formally briefed President Buhari on the report of the Eminent Persons Group he presented to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States at the Summit of Heads of States which ended on Wednesday in Papua, New Guinea.
President Buhari had late last year sought the assistance of the former President in mediation in the political crisis in Guinea Bissau because.
he said his choice was based on his wide political and military experience.
In a meeting with the President of Guinea Bissau, Jose Mario Bavz, in December 2015 on the sidelines of the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Buhari said he had considered the former President’s strong commitment to the unity of Nigeria and Africa before choosing him.
President Buhari also met with Anglican bishops, led by the Primate of the Anglican Church in Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh.