Nigeria, March 18 -- Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Monday had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The meeting deliberated on the supplementary governorship elections to be held in Plateau State on Saturday.

Mr Lalong's visit to the Presidential Villa occurred hours after his counterpart from Bauchi, Mohammed Abubakar, also visited the president. Both governors are members of Mr Buhari's party, APC.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the electoral commission, INEC, fixed Saturday for supplementary governorship elections in Bauchi, Plateau, Adamawa, Benue, Kano and Sokoto states.

In Plateau, Mr Lalong leads his main challenger, Jerry Useni of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the results announced so far. But ...