Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawal on Saturday visited Niger state and entered into a closed door meeting with former Nigeria Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar in Minna.
The Senate President who was accompanied by the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Senator Sani Musa, explained that he was in Minna on a sympathy visit to the former Head of State who is recuperating from an illness.
While speaking to journalists after he met with Abdulsalami, the Senate President said that the two leaders have a lot of roles to play in ensuring the unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigerians.
Senator Lawan and his team arrived in Minna at about 1.30pm and first visited the residence of General Abdulsalami where they spent about 40 minutes before he visited General Babangida where they spent about 30 minutes.
He added that as an elder statesman, it is necessary that the visit is made especially with the contributions Abdulsalam has made to the country.
According to him “as our leader and elder statesman, we felt that it is necessary that we make this visit today to come and sympathize with him and his family.
“We are grateful to God for the lives of our fathers and we pray that they recover completely so that they would be able to continue with their good work of ensuring that Nigeria remains united and Nigerians live peacefully amongst themselves”.