Of late, the Daura residence of former President Muhammadu Buhari has become a political consulting clinic of sort to those seeking public offices ahead of the 2027 election.
Recall that on Tuesday, governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were in Daura for consultation with Buhari.
Yesterday, it was the turn of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president in 2023, Mr Atiku Abubakar, his tormentor and former governor of Kaduna during the campaigns, Mr Nasiru El-Rufai to visit Buhari.
Joining the two political foes for a closed-door meeting with the retired army general were Messrs Aminu Tambuwal, Gabriel Suswam, Jibrilla Bindow and Achike Undenwa, former governors of Sokoto, Benue, Adamawa and Imo states, respectively.
Although full details of the meeting were not revealed, Atiku told journalists after the meeting that they were “on a courtesy and Sallah greetings visit to President Muhammadu Buhari.”
On the rainbow nature of the visiting team, the former vice president said he has the right “to be friends to anybody, whether political or non-political; they are all my friends.”
On whether they had plans to form a major political opposition, he said: “There is plan for the major political parties to come together and form a strong opposition but it is not part of the visit.”
El-Rufa’i also disguised the told journalists: “We are here to pay Sallah visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari because I was not around during the Sallah period.”
Earlier in his verified social media handle, Atiku said: “As the Waziri Adamawa, I was obligated to be in Adamawa during the Sallah celebrations. I held forth for the Lamido Fombina (Adamawa) in some of the activities of the Sallah celebrations.
“Today (yesterday), I had the opportunity to pay a post-Sallah visit to 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.”
