Why I visited Osinbajo – Ex-VP Sambo

Former Vice- President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday said his visit to the
Acting President , Yemi Osinbajo, was a familiarisation one.
He described the meeting as a " usual " visit.
Sambo said this in a brief interview he had with State House
correspondents shortly after meeting Osinbajo behind closed doors
inside his office at the Presidential Villa , Abuja .
A member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Sambo was deputy
to former President Goodluck Jonathan who lost the 2015 presidential
election to President Muhammadu Buhari .
He arrived at Osinbajo' s office at about 4pm shortly after the weekly
Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the Acting
President .
Osinbajo stepped out of his office to personally receive his
predecessor and ushered him into his office where they had a brief
discussion behind closed doors.
" I have come to pay a visit to Mr . Vice - President and Mr . Acting
President . It is a usual familiarisation visit. As you know , former
Presidents visit Mr . President and former Vice -Presidents visit the
Vice -President . I am happy to see all of you , our good friends . I
want to thank you very much for this reception , " Sambo said as he
made his way out after the meeting.
One of the close aides of the former Vice -President however told our
correspondent that there was nothing strange in the meeting of the two
leaders who he described as friends .
He told The PUNCH that Osinbajo and Sambo had been exchanging invitations.
He cited an example of the invitation extended to Sambo to attend the
ninth annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium which was held on March 28 in
Lagos .
The invitation signed on behalf of Osinbajo by the Deputy Chief of
Staff to the President , Mr . Ade Ipaye , was dated March 20 and
addressed to Sambo and his wife .
Ipaye noted in the letter that Osinbajo had been convening the
colloquium in the last nine years to play a crucial role in
strengthening " the process of national decision - making within the
political and social spheres of Nigeria . "

.Source-THEpunch