Acting President Yemi Osinbajo today postponed the meeting
he was scheduled to hold with traditional rulers from the north.
The meeting, which was earlier scheduled for 4:00pm on
Monday, will now hold at 3:00pm on Tuesday.
The meeting is in continuation of the series of engagements Osinbajo began with critical stakeholders last week over the agitation for Biafra and the October 1 eviction deadline given by some northern youths to the Igbo resident in the region.
The acting president had on Sunday met with traditional rulers from the southeast, having earlier met separately with leaders of thought from the north and the east last Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Osinbajo had, while meeting the traditional rulers from the southeast on Sunday, assured that he would be meeting with their counterparts from the north today evening.
The Presidency was silent on why the meeting was postponed.
Osinbajo's spokesman, Laolu Akande, later this evening, via Twitter, said: "Tonight, the acting president would be holding iftar dinner with northern traditional rulers band tomorrow continue ongoing consultations with them.
"Both Muslim and Christian traditional rulers from the north would be participating in consultations tomorrow afternoon with the acting president. "
Our correspondent reports that before the meeting was postponed, many of the invited guests, including some of the emirs, had been seated at venue, the Old Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Among those who had been seated for the meeting were House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Senate Leader Bala Ibn Na'alla, Interior Minister Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Science and Technology Minister Ogbonnaya Onu; Ona of Abaji Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa who is also the chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Traditional Rulers Council, Sakaruyi of Karu Dr Emmanuel Kyauta Yekwi.
The meeting is in continuation of the series of engagements Osinbajo began with critical stakeholders last week over the agitation for Biafra and the October 1 eviction deadline given by some northern youths to the Igbo resident in the region.
The acting president had on Sunday met with traditional rulers from the southeast, having earlier met separately with leaders of thought from the north and the east last Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
Osinbajo had, while meeting the traditional rulers from the southeast on Sunday, assured that he would be meeting with their counterparts from the north today evening.
The Presidency was silent on why the meeting was postponed.
Osinbajo's spokesman, Laolu Akande, later this evening, via Twitter, said: "Tonight, the acting president would be holding iftar dinner with northern traditional rulers band tomorrow continue ongoing consultations with them.
"Both Muslim and Christian traditional rulers from the north would be participating in consultations tomorrow afternoon with the acting president. "
Our correspondent reports that before the meeting was postponed, many of the invited guests, including some of the emirs, had been seated at venue, the Old Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Among those who had been seated for the meeting were House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Senate Leader Bala Ibn Na'alla, Interior Minister Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Science and Technology Minister Ogbonnaya Onu; Ona of Abaji Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa who is also the chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Traditional Rulers Council, Sakaruyi of Karu Dr Emmanuel Kyauta Yekwi.
By Isiaka Wakili
