JONATHAN, NORTHERN TRADITIONAL RULERS IN CLOSE DOOR MEETING

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday met with traditional rulers from the North led by Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, over the insurgent activities in the country.The meeting started at about 9.25pm.
It took place at the First Lady’s Conference Room and had in attendance the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, among others.
The traditional rulers had on Wednesday met in Kaduna State, where they discussed the Boko Haram insurgence, and its violent activities particularly in the North-East and other parts of the country and the economic situation in the North in general.
The Kaduna meeting was attended by the chairmen of traditional rulers council from each of the 19 northern states, while the Thursday’s meeting was attended by 13 of them including the Sultan.
The Sultan who briefed the press after the Kaduna meeting, had pledged to take the opinion and observation of the northern traditional rulers to the President as part of ways of forging stronger alliance with government against terrorism.
The meeting was still ongoing as of the time of filing this report.
Source: Punch