Atiku holds meeting with IBB, Abdulsalam in Minna

Atiku holds meeting with IBB, Abdulsalam in Minna

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, met with former military President Ibrahim Babangida and former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) in Minna, Niger State.

Details of the meeting was not made public but the elder statesmen posed for pictures with Atiku before they went behind closed doors.

The former vice president who arrived at the Minna International airport around 11 am in the morning was received by the former governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu.

He then moved straight to the uphill mansion of the elder statesman in Minna.

According to findings, the visit is not unconnected with the just concluded elections in the country and to make official complaints about the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s inability to conduct a free, fair, and acceptable election sequel to his rejection and calling for the cancellation of the result.

Also, Atiku Abubakar was in Minna to welcome General Babangida after his return from a foreign medical trip.

Atiku lost to his main rival of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu who polled 8,794,726 votes. He came tops in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states and secured significant numbers in several other states to claim the highest number of votes.

The 76-year-old, who has now run for president six times, got 6,984,520 votes, while the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who, in less than a year, galvanised young voters in a manner some have described as unprecedented finished the race with 6,101,533.