2015: Jonathan In Close Door Meeting With PDP Govs

President Goodluck Jonathan last night met behind closed doors with People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors at the presidential villa, Abuja..

The meeting, held at the First Lady’s Conference Room of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, started at 9pm and was still going on as of the time of filing this report.

Journalists were barred from entering the venue of the meeting which security officers described as strictly private.

It was gathered that the president convened the meeting to finalise arrangements for formal declaration of his intention to seek re-election in the 2015 general elections.

It was also gathered that the meeting may not be unconnected with the seeming row between the governors and the party leadership over the directive that there should be no automatic ticket for governorship aspirants after the party had unanimously endorsed and adopted Jonathan as its sole candidate for the 2015 presidential election.

A source also hinted that the meeting would also discuss ways of resolving the lingering tussle between second-term governors eyeing senatorial seats and the occupants of the seats.

The state governors present the meeting were those of Kebbi, Kaduna, Gombe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Ondo, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Cross River, Katsina, Abia, Niger and Taraba.

Others were the Acting Governor of Taraba State as well as the deputy governors of Kogi and Nasarawa states.