Nigeria’s major political opponents Tinubu, Atiku meet in Abuja
The Nigeria’s major political opponents President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections met physically on Friday in Abuja.
Penpushing reports that the duo met at the wedding ceremony of the daughter of Gombe Central Senator Danjuma Goje which took place at the National Mosque, after the Juma’at prayers in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
The Presidential Candidate of the opposition party, it is recalled lost the presidential election to Tinubu, however, challenged the outcome in court but lost both at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, and the Supreme Court.
Penpushing also reports that Atiku, who was a former Vice President under Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration has continuously criticised the economic policies of the Tinubu administration, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, in same manner slammed Tinubu for the reversal to the old national anthem, and recently referred to the President as “T-Pain”, a derogatory name some Nigerians labelled the President due to the increasing hardship in the country.
Penpushing reports that at the ceremony, where Tinubu and Atiku exchanged pleasantries and sat close to each other despite their political differences, the senator’s daughter, Fauziyya Danjuma-Goje, and her husband, Aliyu Abubakar, were, thereafter, joined together as a couple.
The father of the bride who was former Governor of Gombe state and former Minister of State for Power and Steel, appreciated President Tinubu and other dignitaries for attending his daughter’s wedding ceremony.
Penpushing further reports that dignitaries at the events include Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio and his Deputy, Senator Barau Jibrin; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Tajudeen Abbas; National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje; Governors, Ministers and traditional rulers.
The other notable personalities in attendance were some governors include Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Mala Buni (Yobe), Dikko Radda (Katsina), Uba Sani (Kaduna), and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), while former governors include Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Nasiru El-Rufai (Kaduna), Ali Modu Sheriff (Borno) and Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), who is also the immediate past national chairman of the APC.
Penpushing also reports that the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, were not left out at the ceremony
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