Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the Monday visit he paid to his former boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was not about politics, but rather “a courtesy call on the former President.”
Atiku, who arrived at Obasanjo’s Abeokuta residence located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at exactly 12: 37p.m., was accompanied by former Cross Rivers state Governor Liyel Imoke, former Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal, and Senator Abdul Ningi among others.
Atiku, alongside members of his entourage, were received at the Obasanjo’s residence by an elder statesman, Otunba Oyewole Fasawe, before they all proceeded to a private meeting which lasted for about one and half hours, with the former Nigerian leader.
Emerging from the meeting at about 2:17 p.m., Atiku told the waiting journalists that he was on courtesy visit to his former boss and not to discuss politics.
Asked for the purpose of the meeting and whether it was related to his 2027 presidential ambition, Atiku said: “I am here on courtesy call. I am not here to talk politics”.
“I was not in Abeokuta to see Obasanjo because of 2027,” he stated, describing the meeting as purely “a courtesy visit”.
“It is a courtesy visit. I’m not going to talk about 2027 or politics. I’m not here because of 2027,” the former Vice President declared.
Attempts to also get Tambuwal to talk on the essence of the visit proved abortive, as he kept sealed lips.
