Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president in the general election of 2023, has disclosed the purpose of his visitation with former president Muhammadu Buhari.
Former Vice President Atiku paid President Buhari a visit at his Daura home in Katsina State on Saturday, as previously reported by THE MATRIX
Atiku was reportedly accompanied on his visit by Senator Aminu Tambuwal, the recently appointed governor of Sokoto State, and other PDP officials. Atiku disclosed on his X (formerly Twitter) profile on Saturday that he paid ‘Sallah respect’ by visiting the former Nigerian leader.
He wrote: “Accompanied by some stakeholders of our great party, the PDP, we visited the Daura residence of former President Muhammadu Buhari to pay a courtesy call and offer Sallah homage.”
In a statement by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, the former Vice President led other stakeholders of the party to the Daura residence of former late governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawan Kaita on a condolence visit over the loss of the matriarch of the family.
He said the visit, which was greeted with warm reception of Atiku across major townships of the Daura Emirate also saw the former Vice President paying similar courtesy visits to the the Emir of Daura, HRH Alhaji Farouk Umar Farouk and Buhari.
According to Ibe, Atiku also paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Katsina, HRH Abdulmumini Kabir Usman.
He stated that the visit was meant for Atiku to express his love for Katsina State in particular and to familiarize with distinguished personalities of the Daura Emirate.
“The meeting of His Excellency Atiku Abubakar to Katsina State today is essentially a continuation of his courtesy visits since the end of Sallah celebrations and, especially to condole with the family of his late old friend, Mallam Lawan Kaita,” Paul Ibe said.
Recall that the visit to Buhari comes few days after Atiku paid a similar visit to former Military President, Ibrahim Babagida and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Niger State.
