The presidency on Thursday, confirmed a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde.
Naija News reports that the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, gave the confirmation in a post via his đť•Ź account.
According to Onanuga, the meeting between Tinubu and Makinde was held behind closed doors at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
He wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a closed door discussion with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde at Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. Photo State House.”
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As earlier reported by Naija News, Governor Makinde arrived at the State House shortly after the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, who recently defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), arrived and proceeded directly to the President’s office.
As of the time of filing this report, the agenda of the meeting between President Tinubu and the Oyo State governor had not been disclosed.
Makinde was one of the five PDP governors, popularly known as the G-5, who openly opposed the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general election.
The group argued that, based on the PDP’s zoning arrangement, the presidency should have rotated to the South after the eight-year tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari from the North.
