President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have intervened in the crisis between Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
At the instance of the President, six governors of the APC from the North-west held a meeting on Monday, with Kwankwaso and Ganduje at the former’s residence in Abuja, Daily Trust reports.
Led by Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, other governors in attendance were, Nasir el-Rufa’i (Kaduna), Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Aminu Masari (Katsina) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
The meeting, which started around 9pm, lasted till around 3am, when Governor Yari announced that the two politicians from Kano had agreed to work together.
Buhari, it was gathered, was concerned that the crisis may spread to other places and put the APC into trouble.
Kwankwaso’s Chief of Staff, Aminu Abdulsalam, told the newspaper that based on intervention by relevant stakeholders, his principal had agreed to work with Ganduje.
Also, Ganduje’s Director-General on Media and Communications, Malam Baba Halilu Dantiye, said the duo had brushed aside their differences.
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