Atiku, El-Rufai, Malami, Other Opposition Figures Who Visited Buhari in Kaduna: Full List Unveiled

Atiku, El-Rufai, Malami, Other Opposition Figures Who Visited Buhari in Kaduna: Full List Unveiled

  • On Friday, PDP's Atiku Abubakar led a high-powered delegation to former President Muhammadu Buhari's residence in Kaduna
  • Although key details were unknown but Atiku described the visit to Buhari's abode as a post-Sallah courtesy call
  • Accompanying Atiku were influential figures like former ministers, governors, and senior political office holders, such as Isa Pantami, Abubakar Malami, and Nasir El-Rufai

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, April 11, hosted a strong contingent of opposition leaders at his residence n Kaduna state.

List: Atiku, top politicians who visited Buhari
Atiku and some top politicians visit Buhari in Kaduna. Photo credit: @atiku
Source: Twitter

Legit.ng reported that the opposition figures who visited Buhari were led by a former vice president and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.

Confirming the visit, Atiku shared a post on his X page, accompanied by a video, on Friday, April 11.

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The video showed the moment Muhammadu Buhari received Atiku and his men with warmth and humour.

The political figures exchanged pleasantries as some bowed to greet the former Nigerian leader.

Atiku wrote:

“As the Waziri Adamawa, I was obligated to be in my Adamawa during the Sallah celebrations. I held forth for the Lamido Fombina (Adamawa) in some of the activities of the Sallah celebrations. Today, I had the opportunity to pay a post-Sallah visit to His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2015-2023. It was a wonderful time with him. As usual, he cracked me up (to the extent that my ribs were hurting) with his peculiar humour.”

Accompanying Atiku were influential figures like former ministers, governors, and senior political officeholders.

Top influential figured who visited Buhari on Friday, full list emerges
Isa Pantami, Abubakar Malami and other key figures visited Buhari on Friday. Photo credit: @atiku
Source: Twitter

Dignitaries who accompanied Atiku to Buhari's residence

As seen from the video shared on social media, other dignitaries who accompanied Atiku to Buhari's residence included:

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  1. Former Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami;
  2. Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami;
  3. Former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal;
  4. Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai;
  5. Former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan;
  6. Former Adamawa Governor, Jibrilla Bindow.

The video of the visit is below:

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According to him, personal ambition, party ego, and ideological differences must be sacrificed for the coalition to stand a chance.

“In a coalition, we are talking about what is everyone bringing to the table," he said.

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