Elders from the North yesterday held a closed-door meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, to deliberate on the state of the nation. Although no communiqué was issued, Sunday Sun learnt that they met to strategise on how to get
back power in 2015. The state of insecurity in the country occasioned by the activities of the Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko, was also said to be on the agenda of the meeting. The leaders however kept mum and refused to disclose what was discussed.
The meeting convened at the instance of the Arewa Citizens Action for Change (ACAC) had in attendance two former Heads of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was also at the meeting as well as Maitama Sule, Adamu Ciroma, Justice
Mamman Nasir, former Inspector General of Police, Gambo Jimeta, Professor Ango Abdullahi, and a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Al-Amin Daggash, among others.
The meeting, which was scheduled for Friday at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, was shifted to Saturday due to a Boko Haram attack in Kano, which prevented the airlifting of the stakeholders to Abuja. The meeting commenced at 10am, with an opening remark by elder statesman, Maitama Sule, before the group went into a closed-door session that lasted for four hours
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