Former President Muhammadu Buhari has recently become the point of connection for northern politicians to perch and strategize ahead of the 2027 presidential election to unseat President Bola Tinubu in Aso Rock.
Though the visitors to Buhari’s residence had hidden under the disguise of paying homage to the former president, many political observers and commentators have described the move as strategic ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Shehu Sani, a senator who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth senate, criticized the moves by the northern politicians as ominous as they were meant to rescue power from southerners just one year after they relinquished the presidency.
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Doyin Okupe also described the visit of some northern politicians to the country home of ex-President Buhari as a deft political move ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
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Below are some of the northern political elites who visited Buhari recently:
Atiku visited Buhari in his hometown of Daura, Katsina state, on Saturday, June 22. The former vice president was accompanied by Aminu Tambuwal, the immediate past governor of Sokoto state and senator representing Sokoto South.
The two leaders had a closed-door discussion, and what was discussed was not made public, but analysts have said that the move was to prepare for Atiku’s 2027 presidential election.
However, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, said the visit of his employer to the former president was to pay a Sallah homage visit to him.
Meanwhile, a close associate to the former vice president who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the meeting of the two Nigerian leaders was strategic to the 2027 presidential election.
Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, was another northern politician who visited former President Buhari at his private residence in Daura, Katsina state.
A statement from his spokesperson said the APC chieftain was on a condolence visit to Lawal Sani Sade, MD of Duke Oil, in Daura.
The former governor also visited the palace of the Emir of Daura during his condolence visit to the business mogul.
Currently, El-Rufai is not on the same page as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at his state and federal levels.
The former governor of Borno state is the latest northern politician who visited the immediate past president at his residence in Daura.
Like Atiku and El-Rufai, the details of the Sheriff’s visit to Buhari’s residence were not made public.
TimesNow.com.ng also reported that PDP chieftain Rilwan Olanrewaju described Atiku’s visit to ex-President Buhari’s residence as a meeting based on a personal relationship.
Olanrewaju maintained that the visit was not associated with the 2027 presidential election, adding that it was just a courtesy from the elder statesman.
