ABEOKUTA, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016 – Ali Modu Sheriff, factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held a closed door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Saturday.
The former Borno state governor visited the Nigerian leader at his hilltop mansion in Abeokuta.
Obasanjo served his two terms as president on the platform of the party, but left as a result of disagreement with the leadership of the opposition party.
According to Channels Television, Sheriff said he visited the elder statesman for consultations over the leadership crisis rocking the PDP.
Both Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi are laying claims to the chairmanship of the party.
