Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday, had a separate closed-door meetings with former Nigerian retired Generals, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar at their residences in Minna, the capital of Niger State.
The Nigerian senate president reached Minna at about 1.30pm and first went to the residence of General Abdulsalami before he went to the residence of Babangida.
He spent up to 40 minutes with Abdulsalami, while he spent up to 30 minutes with Babangida.
While addressing pressmen after his meeting with Abdulsalami, the senate president confessed that the two Nigerian leaders have a lot of roles to play in making sure the country is united and peaceful.
The senate president, who was accompanied by the Senator Sani Musa, revealed that he has come to Minna to sympathize with the former Nigerian leader who was recovering from an illness.
He said, ”as an elder statesman, it is necessary that the visit is made especially with the contributions Abdulsalami has made to the country.
“As our leader and elder statesman, we felt that it’s necessary that we make this visit today to come and sympathize with him and his family.
”We are grateful to God for the lives of our fathers and we pray that they recover completely.
”This is to enable them to continue with their good work of ensuring that Nigeria remains united and Nigerians live peacefully amongst themselves.”
Lawan, while responding to questions about the 2023 general elections and politics, said ”he was only in the state for a private visit and not a political visit.”