President Goodluck Jonathan met yesterday with some Southwest governors behind closed-door at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The governors are Babatunde Fashola (Lagos), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun).
Fashola, Aregbesola and Fayemi were led to the President’s office a few minutes after 4pm by the Chief of Staff, Brig.-Gen. Jones Oladeinde Arogbofa (rtd.).
Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi were absent from the meeting.
When the meeting ended around 5:36pm, the governors declined to give details of their discussion.
Fayemi said: “We came to see the President and it is in connection with issues of national importance. It is for the development of the Southwest.”
Amosun said: “That is why it is called a private meeting.”
Fashola said: “We came to see the President.”