Saraki, Ortom, Tambuwal, Wike, others hold secret meeting in Ilorin

Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Wednesday hosted Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state and Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state. Others include Senators Barnabas Gemade, Shabba Lafiagi and national publicity secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, National Assembly members from the state, among other PDP stalwarts who visited Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

This is coming on the heels of speculations surrounding the political future of some of the Governors, especially those of them of the All Progressives Congress (APC) stock including Tambuwal of Sokoto and Otorm of Benue state rumored to be on the verge of defecting from their party (APC) to the opposition, (PDP).

Political observers who spoke to infonet9ja.com on the condition of anonymity have termed the convergence of the politicians including PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus and Alhaji Sule Lamido as a step towards the consolidation of a possible return to PDP ahead of the 2019 general election.

It was gathered that some of the political leaders, who met with the Senate President at about 3:00 pm behind closed doors, had earlier attended fidau prayer for mother of the former national chairman of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Hajiya Ayisat Baraje, earlier in the day, while Governor Tambuwal, Secondus and Lamido arrived shortly before the commencement of the meeting.

The purported meeting, which held in the residence of the Senate President located in the GRA, Ilorin lasted about an one hour with the attendees keeping mute when approached for comments by journalists

The political leaders left the residence of the Senate President at about 4:00 pm in a white tinted bus with security operatives in a convoy to the airport back to Abuja.

The media aides of the Senate President declined to comment on the matters discussed at the meeting, saying that the politicians of note had only come to the state capital for the fidau prayer.

Earlier in the morning, after meeting with his Kwara state counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State had told journalists that his meeting with the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday would determine his next political move.

Governor Ortom said that the Benue State APC had issued his red card and hoped that the national leadership of the party could reverse the decision.

According to him, the national leadership of the party is the larger body which could upturn the decision of the state chapter.

Governor Ortom, however, explained that the final decision lies with his people who are more important to him.

Our informant however informed this medium that Governor Wike in an interview said that they only came to commensurate with the bereaved family.