FORMER head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), Senator Bola Tinubu, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and other ACN chieftains, on Thursday night in Kaduna, rose from a closed door meeting on the proposed merger between the CPC and ACN.
Speaking to newsmen at the end of the meeting inside Buhari's house, Tinubu and Buhari said that there must be change in 2015 which must be positive. The duo, however, declined to comment on the proposed merger of the two parties, but a source at the meeting told newsmen that merger talks were top on the agenda of the meeting.
Others at the meeting included the Ekiti State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; former minister Hassan Lawal and Senator Abu Ibrahìm.
Tinubu, who addressed newsmen, said they merely paid their “leader” a visit, to reciprocate his earlier visit to him in Lagos, adding that they were for positive change in 2015.
“I will rather allow you to wait until the pigeon is out of the hut. This is a return visit to the general, who paid us a courtesy call in Lagos, particularly myself and that is all.
“As politicians, we discussed generally the situation in the country and how we can help ameliorate the situation and help solve the problem.
“I will allow you to make your wise judgment about that. I am a politician and not a magician. I will rather allow you to wait until the pigeon is out of the hat,” he said.
However, the former military leader noted that the nation would witness a formidable opposition in 2015.
“You have asked him, he has answered the questions. I am satisfied with his explanation and there is no way I can disagree with whatever he has said, being my guest. He said it is a return visit and that is what it has been. Certainly, we are likely to see a formidable opposition in 2015,” Buhari said.
Tinubu, who later interjected, said “we hope to see a positive change in 2015 and not opposition. We don’t want to be perpetually in opposition. Every politician wants an opportunity to govern.”
via Tribune
http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/42250-merger-talks-buhari-tinubu-others-meet-in-kaduna
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