South-West governors hold meeting in Lagos, visit Tinubu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday hosted Southwest governors to a meeting where insecurity, investment, and other issues of interest to the region was discussed.

Newsflash Nigeria gathered that the meeting is coming three days after yet-to-be identified gunmen attacked a prison in Ibadan and freed hundreds of inmates.

Five state governors were present at the meeting which started at 4:30 pm, with only Governor Seyi Makinde, who was represented by his deputy, Rauf Olaniyan, missing.

Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, Governor Akeredolu disclosed that part of their deliberations centred on the security situation in the region.

The Ondo governor also stated that governors discussed Oodua Group, a company owned by all six Southwest States, refusing to give details on the discussion.

Akeredolu said, “We, the six Governors of the Southwest under the Southwest Governors’ Forum met today. We deliberated on a number of common and personal issues. We also deliberated on our common heritage, which is the Oodua Group of Companies.

“At the end, we agreed on a few things; a number of them, which have to do with security, are not what we can discuss in the open.

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This short address is just to let you (pressmen) know we met today but we don’t want our decisions discussed in the open.”

After the meeting, the governors visited the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in his residence.

The governors stormed Bourdillon house, Ikoyi, Lagos, the residence of Tinubu on Tuesday evening to wish the former Lagos a quick recovery.

Tinubu has been in London, the United Kingdom for the past three months wherein underwent knee surgery and physiotherapy.

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