On Wednesday the newly appionted Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi and President Goodluck Jonathan  met at the presidential Villa in Abuja for the breaking of the Ramadan fast; this will be the pairs first meeting since Sanusi’s Inauguration. In attendance at the ceremony were other traditional rulers who were lead by Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III.

Sanusi led others in a special prayer for peace during the short event held inside the President’s residence.

Abubakar, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, condemned the twin blasts recorded in Kaduna earlier in the day as well as other acts of violence across the country.

He requested that the President should grant the traditional rulers an audience in the nearest future in order to discuss issues of national importance.

In his short remarks, Jonathan addressed the traditional rulers urging them to join hands with his administration to end insurgency.

“It could have been worse than this if not for prayers. We will surely get over it. We are doing our best to ensure we end this situation and with the support of Nigerians, we shall surely overcome,” he said.

Jonathan later took turn to shake hands with all the traditional rulers in attendance, including Sanusi, it would be recalled that the two have been in an embittered battle leading up to the former’s removal from office of CBN governor.