Ahead of the APC special national convention on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the North on Monday afternoon.
The meeting is coming a day before the commencement of the party’s national convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.
The meeting is part of continued consultations the President is having with various party stakeholders to elect a consensus candidate for the party on Tuesday.
The governors in attendance were chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern Governors Forum and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).
Others were Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Abdulrazak Abdulrahman ( Kwara)Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.