Former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa and former Head of State Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) held a closed- door meeting on Saturday in Kaduna.
The meeting, which took place at Buhari’s residence, lasted for more than an hour.
Bafarawa confirmed his meeting with the Congress for Progressive Change’s candidate for the 2011 presidential election, saying they discussed the need for unity in the North.
He said, “I didn’t come as a member the ANPP (All Nigeria Peoples Party) to visit Gen. Buhari and I did not come to see him for political reasons; I came to him to discuss on how we can unite ourselves in the North because it is in disarray.
“Therefore, we need to unite since we are masters of all trade when you talk of political activities in the North.
“That is why I have come to see my brother, Gen. Buhari, on how we can unite ourselves before we even talk of political parties. I came to see him as a senior brother and partner in progress in order to move the northern region forward.
“I think there is a solution to our disunity in the North because. Before now, discussions towards achieving unity have been based on political parties, but now I came to discuss the way forward for our people in the North.
“Our strategy is that we will take our time, plan things and see how we can come out with the way forward. And like I said, I have come to see him, so I will not tell you the further strategy we will take, but this visit a step forward.
“What we are looking out for now is unity; we are not talking about the CPC, the ANPP or any other political party. All we are after is to see that the North is united.
“I think everybody is going to drop his political ambition for now until the time comes because what is most important now is our unity. The people will decide the next political direction when the time comes.”
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