Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has arrived Minna, Niger state capital to meet with Party stalwarts ahead of the 2023 general elections.
He arrived Minna International Airport around 12:30 pm and in a long convoy drove straight to the Uphill residence of former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida.
He arrived Babangida’s residence around 12:45 pm and went straight into a closed door meeting with his entourage.
Those in the entourage cannot be ascertained but National and Niger state Party stalwarts are among those in the closed door meeting
On the attack on his convey in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, he said described the incident as most unfortunate, adding that the attack was sponsored by the political leaders in the state.
“We sign peace accord and it was unfortunate that the whole thing was sponsored by the political leadership in the state. It is not good for our democracy but we have put that behind us and are focusing on our campaign”.
He disclosed that he was in Minna, as usual to pay respect to the former Military President whom he described as “a father of the nation and post war independence”.
According to him, “It is customarily for us to come and pay our respect to IBB for his services to the country. We consider them, they are the fathers of post war independence and they also nurse the current democratic dispensation in the country.
“We will continue to come and pay our respect to them and remind them of their contribution to this country”, he said.
Other PDP bigwigs that were on the entourage of the Presidential Candidate, include, former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd), former Governors of Adamawa, Imo and Jigawa states, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, Alhaji Boni Haruna, Emeka Ihedioha, Alhaji Sule Lamido and Olagunsoye Onyilola, among others
