Dr. Matthew Kukah, says the meeting with ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, was to witness the reconciliation of a prolonged dispute, and never to endorse Atiku’s candidacy. The Catholic bishop said that it was strictly to support and witness their reconciliation, which he has been trying to broker for some years. “Former President Obasanjo agreed to follow my advice; and this was how we carried out the reconciliation. “After the closed door meeting between the two leaders, I and Sheikh Gumi went and sat down with them. “I was not in Abeokuta to endorse Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party.

Source: Punch October 15, 2018 11:52 UTC