President Goodluck
Jonathan and a former Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday met
for the first time since he (Sanusi) became the Emir of Kano.
The former CBN
boss was one of the northern traditional rulers who joined Jonathan in the
Presidential Villa, Abuja for the breaking of Ramadan fast.
The traditional
rulers were led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III.
Sanusi led others
in a special prayer for peace during the short event held inside the
President’s residence.
Jonathan later
took turn to shake hands with all the traditional rulers in attendance,
including Sanusi to the admiration of his aides.
Abubakar, who
spoke on behalf of his colleagues, condemned the twin blasts recorded in Kaduna
earlier in the day as well as other acts of violence across the country.
While describing
the perpetrators as enemies of humanity, he insisted that they and their
sponsors had no Islamic agenda.
He requested that
the President should grant the traditional rulers an audience in the nearest
future in order to discuss issues of national importance.
The President
granted the request immediately.
In his short
remarks, Jonathan urged the traditional rulers to join hands with his
administration to end insurgency.
“It could have
been worse than this if not for prayers. We will surely get over it. We are
doing our best to ensure we end this situation and with the support of
Nigerians, we shall surely overcome,” he said.
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