The ten-hour marathon meeting on the state of the nation held on Thursday by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Emeritus John Cardinal Onaiyekan among others ended without any comment or statement on the outcome. All the participants at the meeting snubbed journalists when.The Advocate
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S/West crises: Northern governors,elders meet in Abuja
On Desist from acts that could provoke North,elders warn southerners
By Joseph Erunke
NORTHERN governors and elders in the region met Monday night to fashion out ways of deescalating ethnic tensions growing across the country following crisis in the South West, especially the Shasha crisis in Ibadan,Oyo State.
The northern governors were led by their chairman and governor of Plateau State,Barr. Simon Lalong while to the elders under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum,were led by the forum’s chairman,Prof. Abdullahi Ango.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting that lasted for about four hours, Governor Simon Lalong explained that the meeting was at the instance of ethnic crises in the southern part of the country especially in the South West,occasioned by quite notices and Shasha crisis in Oyo State.