Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, on Monday, held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Diri, who arrived Obasanjo’s Pent House within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta around 5:45 pm, held a closed-door meeting for about 20minutes.
The Special Assistant on Media to Obasanjo, Kehinde Akinyemi, in a statement obtained by The PUNCH on Monday said Diri visited the former President on the occasion of his 83rd birthday.
In the statement, Diri disclosed that the purpose of his visit was to come and felicitate Obasanjo on his 83rd birthday, which holds on Thursday.
The Bayelsa Governor was quoted as saying, “I have come to greet my father, our father, who is actually the father of Nigeria and Africa. I have come to felicitate him on his forthcoming birthday.
“And, I met him in good health and in his good elements. That is principally why I have come here today. And he also appreciated my coming. It is my prayer that he will enjoy more years to come and see in his lifetime, the Nigeria of his dream.”
The statement further read that the Governor said the political experience of the recent past had been put behind him.
He declared “as earlier said on other occasions, there is no victor, no vanquished in my emergence as the Governor of Bayelsa State.
“The people should expect good governance and a governor that understands the challenges of the state and ready to proffer solution. I am a homegrown governor, the humble and miracle governor. I extend my hand of fellowship to my brothers and sisters of Bayelsa State in this journey.”
