Edo Election: APC Caretaker Chairman, Ize-Iyamu Meet With Buhari
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, and the APC Governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Although details of the meeting are yet to be released, it may be connected with the crisis happening in Edo, following the forthcoming election slated to hold on September 19.The meeting comes barely 24 hours after the Police took over the Edo State House of Assembly complex in Benin City, the state capital.
Dozens of the security officials stormed the complex on Thursday while patrol vehicles were stationed there. Channels Television gathered that the police took the action following a reported threat of an attack on the facility.Those at the Assembly include operatives attached to the Police Mobile Force and Operation Thunderstorm.
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