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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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