Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has again met with the 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, Atiku Abubakar.
YaahooJournalist reports that the heavyweight politicians met at the wedding Fatiha of Mahmud, the son of Nuhu Ribadu, the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
This online news platform understands that meeting was the second such public meeting in less than a month. It was learned that the duo embraced and chatted at the meeting.
The Media Aide to Atiku, Paul Ibe, shared photos of the meeting between Tinubu and Atiku on Saturday.
Other prominent personalities that were at the event include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Atiku and Osinbajo.
Mahmud married Aminatu, daughter of Ahmed Ismaila, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. The event held at the Al-Nur Mosque, Abuja, weekend.
The meeting between Tinubu and Atiku is coming at a time talks of the likelihood of the duo teaming up ahead of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria.
Tinubu and Atiku met at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on December 13, 2019, which further gave impetus to the rumours. Tinubu’s office shared the photo of that encounter.