Edo 2020: Oshiomhole absent as Buhari meets APC candidate Ize Iyamu at Aso Villa

News Agency Of Nigeria 12:47 - 07 August 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari meets with the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. [Twitter/@BashirAhmaad]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed doors with the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ize-Iyamu was led to the meeting by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, who is also the chairman of APC Caretaker Committee.

President Muhammadu Buhari meets with the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu led by Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Kano's Abdullahi Ganduje. [Twitter/@BashirAhmaad]

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Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi also accompanied the APC candidate to the villa.

NAN, However, observed that the immediate past National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who is also from Edo, was absence at the meeting.