The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the latter’s Presidential Library Complex in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Muhammad Bello disclosed this in a statement.
The duo engaged in a one and half an hour private session, the statement confirmed.
Tambuwal explained that he visited the ex-president in recognition of his status as an elder statesman and to accord him his deserved respect.
The governor said, “It is always good for us to come and see how he is doing, pay our normal homage to him as a respected leader in this country and consult him on very many issues of governance.
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“We brought him the greetings and felicitations of the good people of Sokoto State. We continue to learn from and drink from his great wealth of experience, and his fountain of knowledge in his years of governance and challenges of today.”
“May he and all of us survive this period of COVID-19 pandemic,” the governor said while praying for the good health of the ex-President and Nigerians in general.
Speaking on the problem of banditry in Sokoto State, Tambuwal said: “So far, we have established peace in the Eastern part of the state where we have problem of banditry. Peace is returning and people are back to their farms and homes.
“Of course, we are doing our best as a government to ensure that we engender security and provide developmental opportunities and all that.”
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