Obasanjo had recently presided over a number of meetings at the State House with the PDP governors as he sought a way out of the lingering crisis bedeviling the party but apparently with little success.
Both leaders met behind closed doors after the former president had earlier joined Jonathan and the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, for Sunday worship at the Aso Villa Chapel.
Also at the service was the visiting President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi after which they visited the children’s section of the church.
All three, along with the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Mike Ogiadomhe, thereafter had lunch with the President in his residence where they were said to have had some discussions on national issues.
Their meeting came just as PDP governors including Seriake Dickson (Bayesla) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue) defended the president’s right to contest the 2015 presidential election.
Speaking in separate interviews in Abuja at the weekend against the suggestion by the chairman of the Patriots, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, for Jonathan to stay away from the election and concentrate on transforming the country, they agreed that it was within the President’s constitutional right to re-contest if he so desires.
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