Three former military rulers and some other generals met behind closed doors in Minna, Niger State, to discuss the state of the nation.

The trio included former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former military president Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Also present at the meeting, which took place at Babangida's uphill residence, was former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau.

The trio had reportedly been waiting for Obasanjo at the IBB mansion before he eventually arrived.

Although the details of the meeting were not known, it was speculated to be about the security situation in the country and the refusal of the PDP to sign a Peace Accord ahead of the Edo governorship election.

The meeting lasted about two hours, after which former President Obasanjo returned to Abuja.

Obasanjo had arrived at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Airport at about 4:30 PM in a Gulfstream 5 aircraft, believed to have been chartered, and departed in the same aircraft at about 6:30 PM.

He was received at the airport by some protocol officers from the Niger State Government House.

The Niger State government also provided the vehicles that took him to the Uphill residence and back to the airport, while the same protocol officials saw him off at about 7 PM.

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