…as Osinbajo meets NNPC GMD
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, met behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
That was the first one-on-one meeting Buhari had had with the minister since a letter Kachikwu wrote to the President on the conduct of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, was made public.
Kachikwu arrived the Presidential Villa at about 11.40am for the meeting. He left around 12:50 p.m.
The minister simply said “No comment “ when approached by State House Correspondents as he walked out of the President’s office with the Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina.
The minister had stated in the letter in which he accused Baru of insubordination among others that he resorted to writing the letter after several unsuccessful attempts to meet the President personally since he returned to the country.
Meanwhile, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met briefly with the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Baru did not speak with journalists after the meeting.
From the Vice President’s office, he went to the State House mosque for his Juma’at prayers.
President Muhammadu Buhari also observed the prayer at the mosque.
