President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday held a private meeting with leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress as race to produce a consensus candidate enters final lap.
Journalists were not allowed at the meeting as it was not open to the media.
According to Peoples Gazette, the party chairman Abdullahi Adamu and members of its national working committee are in attendance. Governors. of Nasarawa and Jigawa are also said to be at the meeting.
The meeting comes as the party struggles to produce a consensus candidate ahead of its presidential primary starting tomorrow.
Buhari had insisted on a single candidate to be agreed upon by other aspirants going into the convention, saying such a measure would guarantee unity and strengthen the party after the primaries.
