Top Northern leaders met secretly on Thursday on the 2011 polls and the need to stick to the existing zoning formula which has ceded power to the region for eight years.
The meeting, which was held at a secret location in Abuja, had ex-President Ibrahim Babangida and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in attendance.
Investigation by The Nation revealed that the leaders met for about six hours while President Goodluck Jonathan was on a one-day visit to Oyo State.
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