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VP Osinbajo Meeting With Service Chiefs And Governors Over Miltancy In Niger Delta

June 7, 2016

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with the nation’s service chiefs and state governors from oil-producing area in the country.

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Agenda of the meeting which is holding inside the Conference Hall of the Vice-President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja is not made public.

The Punch however learnt that it has to do with renewed violence by militants in the Niger Delta.

Governors attending the meeting include those of Rivers, Bayelsa, Ondo, Delta, Edo and Abia States.

Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu; and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru, are also attending.

The meeting is still ongoing at the time of filing this report at 2pm.