President Buhari, Osinbajo meet APC, PDP leaders behind closed doors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors
with the leaderships of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting,
which started around 11.10a.m., was still ongoing as of the time of filing this
report.

It is being attended by the Vice-President, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo, chairman of the APC, Mr John Odigie-Oyegun and the caretaker chairman
of the PDP, Sen Ahmed Makarfi.

Other APC members attending the meeting include the National
Legal Adviser of the APC, Muiz Banire, Sen Olorunnimbe Mamora, Prince Tony
Momoh, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani amongst others.

Those from the PDP are Sen Ben Obi and other members of the
caretaker committee.

NAN reliably learnt that the meeting might discuss
socio-political issues especially the problem of hate speech and the prevailing
security situation in the country.

The Presidency on Wednesday advised the nation’s opinion
leaders and proponents of restructuring to exercise restraint in their choice
of words to avoid heating up the polity and causing acrimony among Nigerians.