Former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Saturday stayed away from the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hold a closed meeting for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his Asokoro, Abuja residence.
The former Kano state Governor who is a delegate to the convention b6 virtue of being a former Governor and a serving Senator was one of those whose absence at the convention was quite noticeable.
He has been having a running battle with his former Deputy and current governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Kwankwaso who arrived Atikuโs residence at about 8.30 pm may have discuss issues relating to 2019 presidential race and his possible defection back to
the PDP.
Details of their meeting which lasted about 45 minutes were not available, but it was gathered from a source close to the meeting that the visit of Kwankwaso was to pay Sallah homage to Atiku who was not in the country during the Eid El Fitr celebrations.
The source said that both leaders also used the occasion of the visit to discuss the state of the nation.
