GEJ, Northern monarchs in late night meeting over bombs

by Laila Ibrahim

President  Goodluck Jonathan is currently meeting with traditional rulers from the north led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, to discuss ways of ending the spate of killings in the region.

The meeting which started at about by 9:25pm, is taking place at the First Lady’s Conference Room and also has in attendance the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku and other Presidential aides.

Northern traditional rulers had on Wednesday met in Kaduna to discuss the Boko Haram crises in the north east and other parts of the region and the economic situation in the north.

The Kaduna meeting was attended  by the chairmen of traditional rulers council  from each of the 19 northern states while yesterday’s meeting was attended by 13 of them including the Sultan himself.

The Sultan who briefed the press after the Kaduna meeting, had pledged to take the opinion and observation of the northern traditional rulers to the President as part of ways of forging stronger alliance with government against  terrorism.

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