President Goodluck Jonathan and
a former Central Bank Governor,
Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday met
for the first time since he (Sanusi)
became the Emir of Kano.
The former CBN boss was one of
the northern traditional rulers who
joined Jonathan in the Presidential
Villa, Abuja for the breaking of
Ramadan fast.
The traditional rulers were led by
the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad
Abubakar III.
Sanusi led others in a special
prayer for peace during the short
event held inside the President’s
residence.
Jonathan later took turn to shake
hands with all the traditional
rulers in attendance, including
Sanusi to the admiration of his
aides.
Abubakar, who spoke on behalf of
his colleagues, condemned the
twin blasts recorded in Kaduna
earlier in the day as well as other
acts of violence across the
country.
While describing the perpetrators
as enemies of humanity, he
insisted that they and their
sponsors had no Islamic agenda.
He requested that the President
should grant the traditional rulers
an audience in the nearest future
in order to discuss issues of
national importance.
The President granted the request
immediately.
In his short remarks, Jonathan
urged the traditional rulers to join
hands with his administration to
end insurgency.
“It could have been worse than
this if not for prayers. We will
surely get over it. We are doing
our best to ensure we end this
situation and with the support of
Nigerians, we shall surely
overcome,” he said.