President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed doors with some politicians from the South-East region of the country.
The meeting was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The politicians, who visited under the aegis of the South-East Group for Change, were led by a former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani.
The meeting came barely 24 hours after no fewer than 30 persons and a soldier were allegedly killed in Onitsha, the Anambra State capital, after some pro-Biafran protesters, said to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Biafra Republic, engaged soldiers and policemen in bloody clashes.
Other prominent politicians in the delegation included Senators Ifeanyi Ararume and Osita Izunaso; a former member of the House of Representatives, Sharon Ikeazor; a former Executive Vice-Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission, Ernest Ndukwe; National Vice-Chairman, All Progressives Congress in the South-East, Mr. Emma Eneukwu; a member of the APC Board of Trustees, Chief Austin Edeze; Dr. Uzoma Obiyo; and Chris Akomas, among others.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and some other top government officials joined Buhari to receive the group.
The President’s guests were conveyed to the Presidential Villa in a bus belonging to the Ken Nnamani Leadership Institute based in Abuja.
They did not speak with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting which lasted for about 30 minutes.
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