Lawan Visits Babangida, Abdulsalami In Minna

President of the Nigerian Senate , Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday, had separate meetings with  ex-Nigerian retired Generals, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar in Minna.

Lawan arrived in Minna at about 1.30pm and first visited the residence of Abdulsalami before he went to that of Babangida.

Addressing the press later on Saturday,  Lawan said that the two Nigerian leaders have a lot of roles to play in ensuring the unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigerians.

Accompanied by the Senator Sani Musa, Lawan added  his visit was to sympathize with the former Head of State who was recuperating from an illness.

He stated further, ”as an elder statesman, it is necessary that the visit is made especially with the contributions Abdulsalami has made to the country.

“As our leader and elder statesman, we felt that it’s necessary that we make this visit today to come and sympathize with him and his family.

”We are grateful to God for the lives of our fathers and we pray that they recover completely.

”This is to enable them to continue with their good work of ensuring that Nigeria remains united and Nigerians live peacefully amongst themselves”, he added.