Makinde, Akeredolu, Meet with Buhari in Aso Rock

 The Governors of Oyo and Ondo States, Seyi Makinde and Rotimi Akeredolu on Wednesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This meeting is coming after the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja 11 also met with the President in his residence, State House, Abuja, Tuesday night.  

The meeting with the governors was held separately behind closed doors centered on insecurity in South West geopolitical zone.
Addressing State House correspondents after his meeting with the president, Governor Makinde said he came to brief him (Buhari) to be sure that the president has accurate information on the Oyo insecurity situation given the amount of fake flying about.  

 According to him, “There has been a lot of fake news all around and I wanted to be sure that Mr. President clearly have first hand information from me, which I did.

 We also exchanged ideas on what we need to do better, some of the programmes we have put in place to ensure that this security issue is tackled. So, that’s basically why I came here.”  

 On the specific issues he discussed with the president, he said: “Well, one of the issues I discussed with Mr. President is that Oyo State land mass is quite big, Oyo State is close to 29,000 square kilometers.

If you take all the states in the south east geo-political zone of Nigeria, they are still not as big as Oyo State. And the state right now only has two Mobile Police Squadrons.
Addressing State House correspondents after his meeting with the president, Governor Makinde said he came to brief him (Buhari) to be sure that the president has accurate information on the Oyo insecurity situation given the amount of fake flying about.  

According to him, “There has been a lot of fake news all around and I wanted to be sure that Mr. President clearly have first hand information from me, which I did. We also exchanged ideas on what we need to do better, some of the programmes we have put in place to ensure that this security issue is tackled. So, that’s basically why I came here.”  

 On the specific issues he discussed with the president, he said: “Well, one of the issues I discussed with Mr. President is that Oyo State land mass is quite big, Oyo State is close to 29,000 square kilometers. If you take all the states in the south east geo-political zone of Nigeria, they are still not as big as Oyo State. And the state right now only has two Mobile Police Squadrons.