A former
Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday night paid a
courtesy visit to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at his residence in
Asokoro, Abuja.
Kwankwaso
arrived at Atiku’s residence at 8.30pm and went into a closed-door meeting with
the former Vice President.
The details
of their meeting was not made public. The meeting was however said to have
lasted for about 45 minutes.
It was
gathered from a source close to the meeting that both leaders used the occasion
of the visit to discuss the state of the nation.
Kwankwaso is
a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress while Atiku is a member of the
Peoples Democratic Party.
It was not
clear why he boycotted his party’s national convention at the Eagles Square.
But the
former governor has been having running battles with the party in his state and
at the national level.
Atiku has
declared his intention to seek the ticket of the PDP to contest the 2019
presidential election.
Though he
has yet to defect, there are speculations that the former governor of Kano
State is also planning to leave the APC soon.
When a Media
source contacted, Media aide to Atiku, Mr. Paul Ibe, confirmed the visitation
but declined to discuss details of the meeting between Atiku and Kwankwaso.
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