Three former military leader and a former national security adviser held a closed-door meeting, yesterday, in Minna, Niger State, over what many considered the state of the nation.
The trio were former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Also at the meeting was former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau.
Although details of the meeting were not known, it was speculated to be around the security situation in the country and the refusal of the PDP to sign a Peace Accord ahead of the Edo governorship election.
It was gathered that the meeting lasted about two hours after which former President Obasanjo returned to Abuja.
Obasanjo reportedly arrived in Minna at about 4.30pm in a Golf stream 5 aircraft believed to have been chattered and departed in the same aircraft at about 6.30pm.
He was received at the airport by some protocol officers from the Niger State Government House.
The Niger State government also provided the vehicles that took him to the Uphill and back to the airport, while the same protocol officials saw him off at about 7pm.
A source said, “It will be tough to say it was a coincidence. You cannot have such a calibre of people in a room without having significant issues on the table for deliberation.”
“It is not a coincidence because Generals Abdulsalami and Gusau have been at the house for over four hours since Obasanjo was expected at the airport,” the source hinted.
Attempts to access the IBB residence proved unsuccessful, as heavy security operatives prevented anyone from entering.
