Former Head of State and Presidential candidate
for the Congress of Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), again on Tuesday met behind closed-door with former Governor of
Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, over the insecurity and other
challenges in the North.
Besides, the meeting which lasted for more than
three hours at Buhari’s home, a source said, dwelt on the unity and the future
of the region among other issues.
The duo had met in September where the
unity of the region was said to be the high point of their discussion.
Bafarawa, a member of the Board of Trustees of
the All Nigeria Peoples Party, had in that meeting expressed his concern
over political disunity in the North ahead of 2015 general elections.
The former governor had said, “I came to
him (Buhari) to discuss in order to chart the way forward on how we can unite
ourselves in the North because the North is in disarray. Therefore, we
need to unite since we are masters of all trade when you talk of political
activities in the North.
“I think there is a solution to our disunity in
the North because before now, discussions toward achieving unity had been based
on political parties.”
Tuesday’s meeting, the source added, was
a continuation of the September meeting, saying “several matters
affecting North and the country were discussed.”
Bafarawa said the meeting was to make them more
united to face the current reality in the country, especially the security
challenges, the 2015 general elections and the stability the country.
He urged Nigerians to be “strong,
dedicated and hardworking towards sustaining the country’s unity and
future of upcoming generations.”
It was gathered that Bafarawa said after
the meeting that they were committed to sustaining and widening the scope of
the meeting to include other stakeholders, saying the strength of the North in
building and bringing positive solution to the country would be derived from
honest advice and approach on the issues that are facing the country.
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