Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Wednesday, paid Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.
Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Amosun said he was in Daura to greet the President in the spirit of the Sallah celebration.
He said: “It is just part of what we should do during celebration like this – to come and just say ‘hello’ to our leader.
“People are waiting for me back home, they have been with me since day before yesterday, throughout yesterday, early this morning and I had to sneak out to come and just say ‘hello’ to Mr President.”
The governor, who described Ogun state as “almost a one-party state’’, reassured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will record impressive electoral results in 2019 general elections, in spite of the reported cases of defections by politicians in the state.
Lalong disclosed that he used the opportunity to share the Sallah festivities with President Buhari and the Daura Emirate Council.
“This is my first time of spending Sallah (holiday) in Daura and so I used the opportunity to do Sallah with Mr President in Daura and also to enjoy some good meats.
“I also used the opportunity to do Sallah with the Emir of Daura because the Emir is like a father to me,’’ he said.
The governor enjoined all Nigerians to come together and promote the virtues of unity and peaceful co-existence, and to always avoid acts capable creating socio-political unrest in the country.
He expressed satisfaction with the current security architecture put in place in the state.
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