Buhari, Ebonyi Governor Meet In Aso Rock
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Ebonyi State, H.E Dave Umahi on Thursday, met behind closed door.
The president’s media aide, Bashir Ahmad in a tweet, said the meeting held in Buhari’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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The governor’s visit to the presidency may not be unconnected to the invasion of his Abuja residence 24hrs after the South-East Governors Forum, which Umahi headed, banned herders from moving around with AK 47 guns and machetes in the zone.
Recall that on September 2, gunmen broke into Umahi’s Abuja residence at about 6.30am to allegedly plant arms to implicate the governor.
A pan-Igbo think-tank, Nzuko Umunna, in a statement issued to newsmen earlier, accused the Federal Government of plot to intimidate and silence South East Governors and key Igbo leaders.
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“The sole purpose of this dastardly and hideous plot is to intimidate, overawe and silence Governor Umahi and his colleagues at the South East Governors Forum and prevent them from discharging their mandate of speaking boldly on behalf of the South East people.
“We urge the perpetrators of these heinous plots to desist forthwith to avoid throwing the country into a needless and overwhelming crisis.
“We ask President Muhammadu Buhari to order a full scale enquiry into this curious invasion by security operatives with a view to ensuring that the perpetrators are speedily brought to justice,” the statement by the Igbo group read.
