The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Dr Matthew Kukah, says the meeting with Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was to witness the reconciliation of the two leaders.
Kukah said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Monday, in reaction to concerns from some members of the public that his meeting with both leaders was for political reasons.
The Catholic bishop said that it was strictly to support and witness their reconciliation, which he has been trying to broker for some years.
He said that on they had agreed to meet in former president Obasanjo’s home in Abeokuta along with some religious leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi and Bishop David Oyedepo.
Kukah said it was after he arrived at the home of the former president, that he saw that more politicians were invited.