Jonathan, Sheriff in secret meeting again

Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno state, held a closed
door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential
villa on Monday evening.
The meeting lasted for over an hour, but no information was
communicated to the press on its purpose.
Sheriff recently defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC)
to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In September, the APC criticised the president when Sheriff and
Jonathan were seen together with President Idriss Deby of Chad
(pictured) at what looked like a private meeting in N’Djamena, the
Chadian capital.
Sheriff had just been named as a sponsor of Boko Haram by an
Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis, an allegation the former
senator vehemently denied.
After Monday’s meeting, Sheriff did not brief reporters.
“No time today. I’m going to see the chief of staff,” he said and
left.
In August, around the time he left APC, Sheriff also had a closed-
door meeting with Jonathan.
He told journalists then that the government needed knowledgeable
citizens like him who knew the terrain of the north-east where Boko
Haram has terrorised for five years.
There were speculations that the Monday’s meeting might have
had to do with the expected release of some of the kidnapped
Chibok girls to Deby, who is a personal friend of Sheriff.

Source: www.thecable.ng