Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening hosted some northern senators in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State.

The state governor, Bello Masari, led the senators to the meeting which was held behind closed doors.

The senators were said to be in the state for a retreat scheduled to hold on Tuesday and decided to visit Buhari who spent the weekend in his hometown after his two-day official visit to Kano.

One of the visiting senators, Kabiru Gaya, told reporters that they seized the opportunity of the meeting to discuss issues concerning good governance and national unity with the President.

Also, Senator Abdullahi Adamu described the meeting with the President as a “fruitful” one.

The Presidency has not issued any statement on the meeting as of the time of filing this report.