Breaking: Obasanjo meets Adebanjo, pastor Bakare, other Yoruba leaders over 2019 elections

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is currently holding a meeting with prominent Yoruba leaders in what was believed to be part of moves to forge a common front with the Yoruba leaders ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

The meeting holding at the house of a prominent Yoruba leader and Afenifere chieftain, Pa Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos has in attendance other leaders of the pan - Yoruba socio- cultural organization.

They included Prof. Akin Mabogunje, Mrs. Awolowo Dosumu, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Supo Shonibare and Yinka Odumakin.

Others are Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and Olusegun Mimiko, former Ogun and Ondo state Governors respectively.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that former president Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a historic visit to his former ally and former national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to condole him on the death of his son, Dipo, who died last May 9.