{"id":10341,"date":"2025-04-12T01:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T01:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/atiku-el-rufai-tambuwal-others-hold-close-door-meeting-with-buhari-in-kaduna\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T01:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T01:56:18","slug":"atiku-el-rufai-tambuwal-others-hold-close-door-meeting-with-buhari-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/atiku-el-rufai-tambuwal-others-hold-close-door-meeting-with-buhari-in-kaduna\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, El-Rufai, Tambuwal, others hold close door meeting with Buhari in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atiku, El-Rufai, Tambuwal, others hold close door meeting with Buhari in Kaduna, \"Atiku<\/p>\n

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam met under closed doors with former President Muhammadu Buhari in his Kaduna home on Friday.<\/p>\n

Also at the meeting were former Governor Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State; and former Governor Achike Udenwa of Imo State, among others.<\/p>\n

Although full details of the meeting were not revealed to journalists, Atiku Abubakar who spoke in an interview, said \u201cwe came here on a courtesy and Sallah greetings visit to President Muhammadu Buhari .\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked why he came with chieftains of different political parties, he said, \u201cI have the right to be friends to anybody, whether political or non-political, they are all my friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting on whether they had plans to form a major political opposition, he said, \u201cthere is plan for the major political parties to come together and form a strong opposition but it is not part of the visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier, Atiku in his verified social media handles, said they had a \u201cwonderful time\u201d with former President Buhari.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the Waziri Adamawa, I was obligated to be in Adamawa during the Sallah celebrations. I held forth for<\/p>\n

the Lamido Fombina (Adamawa) in some of the activities of the Sallah celebrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufa\u2019i also told journalists that, \u201cwe are here to pay Sallah visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari because I was not around during the Sallah period.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam met under closed doors with former President Muhammadu Buhari in his Kaduna home on Friday.<\/p>\n

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