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Obasanjo, Gumi meet in Abeokuta
By Alao Abiodun
Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi and former President Olusegun Obasanjo are in a meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.
Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi, confirmed the meeting.
“I am not there and the meeting is still going on,” Akinyemi said when asked what the meeting is about.
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“It is not just the two of them present; it is stakeholders meeting holding at his residence here in Abeokuta.”
The meeting, according to sources, may not be unconnected insecurity in the country.
Gumi has been meeting with various stakeholders to solve the security challenge.
He has been advocating amnesty for bandits, arguing they should not be treated as criminals.
