President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday had a close door parley with four All Progressives Congress Governors from the
South-West.
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi was absent , however, Babatunde Fashola; Rauf Aregbesola, Kayode Fayemi and Ibikunle Amosun, respectively of Lagos, Osun, Ekiti and Ogun states, represented their states.
Ministers from the South-West , Mobola Johnson (Communication Technology), Olajumoke Akinjide (State, Federal Capital Territory), Musiliu Obanikoro (State, Defence) and Abduljelili Adesiyan (Police Affairs), as well as the Chief of Staff to the President, Brig.-Gen. Jones Arogbofa (retd.) were also at the meeting which lasted for an hour.
At the end of the meeting the governors were evasive and failed to disclose what transpired at the meeting.
Although, they were elliptical in their answers while rushing out of the Villa, it is not unlikely that they discussed issues bordering on the national dialogue, security in the light of the forthcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states and governance.
Fayemi said: “We came to see the President and it is in connection with issues of National importance. It’s for the development of the South West.”
Amosun offered: “That is why it is called private meeting.”
While Fashola simply said: “We came to see the President.”
Opining that if the President wanted the matters discussed at the meeting to be put in the public domain, his spokesman would address the press.