Nobel laureate , Prof. Wole Soyinka , a former Minister of Education , Dr . Oby Ezekwesili; the Co - Chairman of the Nigerian Intervention Movement , Dr . Jhalil Tafawa - Balewa , are among the personalities expected to attend a summit in Abuja on Wednesday .
Spokesman for the NIM , Mallam Naseer Kura, said in a statement on Sunday that like -minded persons like legal luminary, Prof . Ben Nwabueze (SAN ), renowned political economist , Prof . Pat Utomi , and a former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke , would also grace the event .
The Co - Chairman of the NIM , Dr . Olisa Agbakoba (SAN ), who is a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association , as well as the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress , Ayuba Waba , and the lawmaker representing Kaduna - Central senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani , are also listed as attendees.
  According to the statement , the summit is designed to bring together both old and new generation of political leaders in Nigeria , for the first time, towards “ finding an appropriate political road map for Nigeria ’s troubled democracy, while facilitating a grand political coalition of fresh breed of political leaders ahead of the 2019 elections. ”
Others expected at the event are a former Minister of Defence , Theophilus Danjuma; elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, ex - Finance Minister , Adamu Ciroma , a former Minister of State for Defence , Dr . Olu Agunloye , and Col . Abubarkar Dangiwa (retd .)
.  The immediate past Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum , Chief Paul Unongo , and Air Cdre Dan Suleiman (retd . ), are also listed as personalities to “ address Nigeria ’s past , in order to provide a veritable political compass for emerging fresh breed of leaders in navigating the future for the country . ”
According to NIM, the summit promises to be a very fertile ground to breed national understanding and reconciliation .