The groups came together in at a meeting held at Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, on Sunday. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stands as the major opposition to the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking re-election at the polls on February 16. The groups accused President Buhari of dividing the country rather than uniting it while asserting that the President had lost control of the government. Participants in the meeting include Chief Ayo Adebanjo (Afenifere), Chief John Nnia Nwodo (Ohanaeze Ndigbo), Dr Pogu Bitrus (Middle Belt Forum), Malam Ango Abdullahi (Northern Elders Forum), Chief Edwin Clark (Pan Niger Delta Forum), and Buba Galadima. Buhari, the All Progressives Congress candidate, also has the endorsement of an Afenifere faction, led by Chief Ayo Fasanmi while the suspended general secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu, also drummed support for the president.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2019 15:11 UTC