Former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, met with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, behind closed doors in Ibadan, the state capital.
The meeting which lasted two hours took place at the Governor's Office, Ibadan.
The former Kano State governor has been reported to be consulting widely since his political protege and current governor, Abba Kabiru Yusuf defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC);
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Kwankwaso was accompanied by the NNPP National Chairman, Dr Ajuji Ahmed; the party's National Publicity Secretary, Ladipo Johnson; and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Buba Galadima, alongside other senior party officials.
It was gathered that the NNPP delegation was in Oyo State to inaugurate the party's state office and deliberate on internal party matters.
In a brief chat with newsmen after a two-hour closed-door session, Kwankwaso as a friendship meeting and not political.
"This visit is more about personal friendship than party politics. Governor Makinde and I have known each other for a long time. Before proceeding to our party engagement in the state, I felt it was proper to pay him a courtesy call," he said.
Kwankwaso recalled that he was among the founding members of the PDP in 1998 and was elected Governor of Kano State in 1999 on the party's platform.
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