Obasanjo hugged atiku

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday
met with his estranged deputy Atiku Abubakar, at
Minna International Airport, Niger State, where the
two leaders hugged each other.
It was learnt that Obasanjo was in Minna to visit
the recuperating former military President, Ibrahim
Babangida, who just returned from a two-month
medical treatment in Germany.
Atiku was also in the town to attend the
Presidential declaration ceremony of Mr. Sam
Nda-Isaiah under the platform of the All
Progressives Congress.

The former President, who arrived in a plane with
registration number G DOUR along with Senator
Andy Uba, Chief Ayo Fashawe, and an unidentified
lady at about 5:30pm, was about to be conveyed
to IBB house when his attention was drawn to the
presence of Atiku at the airport.
The former Vice President, who was already
seated awaiting clearance for his flight had to stop
the pilot, alighted and headed straight to the car
that was to take Obasanjo out of the airport.
The two leaders hugged each other after some
minutes of banter.
A black BMW car with registration number ABJ 01
RJ then took Obasanjo to the uphill residence of
the Babangidas in company with IBB’s son,
Mohammed.
Journalists were barred from entering the IBB
residence but a source within told our
correspondent that Obasanjo only came on a
solidarity visit to IBB.
The two leaders met only for about 30 minutes
before Obasanjo left for the airport.