Osinbajo, Saraki, Tinubu, Atiku, others in closed door meeting

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), and several chieftains of his party, the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday met behind closed door for almost four hours.
Inside sources said the meeting, which took place in Aso Rock, was to discuss the trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Among those that attended the meeting, which started at about 11am and ended at about 2.40pm, were a National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; Saraki; the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Lasun; the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and a former interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande.
Others in attendance were the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Chief Segun Oni; Chief Tony Momoh; the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu; the Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madubere; and the Special Adviser to the Vice President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu.
Saraki arrived at about 12.30pm when the meeting was already underway.
Ojudu said at the end of the meeting: “The meeting was just a meeting of party chiefs.
“It does not require that we should have an elaborate discussion with you.
“So, you should allow them to go freely on their own without being asked to come and grant interviews.
“But the Office of the Vice President will issue a short statement on the meeting later.
“What we are saying is that it was just a consultative meeting of selected party leaders on party matters and other issues.”
When asked if the meeting was meant to address the crisis of confidence among some of the party leaders, Ojudu said: “No.
“Nothing like that.”
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a two-paragraph statement on the meeting said: “Select leaders of the All Progressives Congress drawn from the party’s National Headquarters, the legislative and executive arms of government had a consultative meeting on issues affecting the party and the nation.
“The meeting, which held at the Vice President’s conference room, was very useful and resourceful towards achieving the goals of the party and the government.”