Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, a Rep-Elect, stated that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje agreed to President-elect Bola Tinubu’s meeting with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso in France.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported how Tinubu and Kwankwaso met for four hours on Monday.
Ganduje had voiced reluctance about the meeting, claiming Tinubu had chosen to see his estranged patron Kwankwaso as a substitute.
Ganduje stated that Tinubu should consult with him or invite him to the meeting with Kwankwaso in a leaked audio interview with Ibrahim Masari, a former vice presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, Jibrin, who attended the meeting in France, claimed in a conversation with newsmen that Ganduje had verified to him that Tinubu had consulted him prior to the meeting.
“Like every other Nigerian, I was very shocked when I listened to that audio but I think the most important thing is that I want to confirm to you that Governor Ganduje was consulted.
“And he himself confirmed this to me, told me in clear words that the President-elect invited him and told him that he is planning meeting with Kwankwaso and asked he Ganduje if he had any objections to it, and Ganduje told me that he told the President-elect that he has no any objection.
“So it is extremely unfair for the president-elect to be portrayed in bad light before the public by Governor Ganduje who knows very well that the president consulted him before that meeting because he confirmed that to me clearly.
“It is very very unfair to the president-elect, and I do not believe that the Mr president will abandon anyone who supported him… but again, what is paramount is national unity, cohesion and development.”