Alaafin of Oyo, Oba
Lamidi Adeyemi, and President Goodluck Jonathan met behind closed doors
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Adeyemi was accompanied
to the meeting by the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory,
Olajumoke Akinjide; a member representing Afijio/Oyo East/Oyo West
Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Kamil
Akinlabi; one of his wives and some aides.
At the end of the
meeting, the monarch declined comments on the purpose of his visit when
approached by State House correspondents.
“This visit is a private meeting. I won’t want to talk to you on the purpose of the visit. Thank you,” he said.
But our correspondent learnt that the meeting focused on the rebuilding of a part of his palace gutted by fire last week.
The President was earlier reported to have promised to assist in the reconstruction of the burnt palace.
The Olugbo of Ugbo
Kingdom in Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State, Oba Obateru Akinruntan,
conveyed the President’s message when he visited the Alaafin on
Saturday.
According to him, the
President, who was saddened by the incident, asked him to deliver his
(President) message to Alaafin, promising to send a delegate to him and
assistance towards the reconstruction of the burnt part of the palace.
No fewer than 21 rooms were destroyed in the inferno.
A source said the main
purpose of the meeting was to assess how the Federal Government would be
involved in the reconstruction of the palace.
He said a committee might be set up to
design the strategy to be adopted in the reconstruction as well as
determine the cost implication of the project
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