2019: Ango Abdullahi reveals why he can't run for presidency as he meets Obasanjo

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- Ango Abdullahi has met with former president Oluegun Obasanjo

- The duo met in Abeokuta home of the former president

- Abdullahi also gave reasons why he cannot run for presidency come 2019

A former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has met with the spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, Ango Abdullahi, to discuss modalities for the forthcoming 2019 elections.

Punch reports that Obasanjo and Abdullahi met his the former home in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Thursday, June 28.

It was gathered that the duo met to agree on a possible consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential election.

Sources said there were also two members of the NEF present during the meeting which was part of the moves to unite elders of the six zones in the country to present a common front in the 2019 presidential election.

One of the sources said issues surrounding the current security crisis in the country was also discussed during the meeting.

“Ango Abdullahi actually visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta along with two other men.

Their discussion, as you rightly guessed, bordered on the 2019 elections and the need to field a dynamic candidate who would be acceptable to the north and other regions of the country because the North is no longer comfortable with the current leadership," a source said.

Another source said: “Ango Abdullahi has met with Obasanjo and Afenifere as part of the efforts to save this country. They discussed 2019 elections and the recent killings which have mostly affected Nigerians living in the North.

“I think there is a general agreement that things are not going fine and something needs to be done because both North and South are feeling the effects of the bad governance," the source added.

However, reacting to the claim, the NEF spokesperson said he attended the meeting alone.

Abdullahi confirmed that the meeting was part of consultations ahead of the 2019 general elections.

He said: “I just wanted to see him (Obasanjo). Before then, I also met with elders of Afenifere; it is already in the papers.”

Speaking on the possibility of his contesting for 2019 presidential election, Abdullahi said: “I am not. I did in the past when I was much younger. I am an old man now. I don’t think I can stand the rigours of the office of the President. I have passed that age now. We are just making consultations around the country.”

A lot of things were discussed including 2019; we talked about all sorts of things that have to do with the security of Nigeria and all that. Thank you," he added.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the former deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, had accused the devil of causing the rift between him and Obasanjo.

George said the devil who fueled the problem he had with Obasanjo had also been put to shame.

He also confirmed that the rift between himself and the former Nigeria's president is over.

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