Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night paid a secret visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
At the meeting held inside the President’s official residence, no third person was admitted and no photograph of the night visit by Jonathan was allowed.
The visit was Jonathan’s first time at the Presidential Villa since he left in the morning of May 29 for the Eagles Square, where Buhari took his oath of office and allegiance as his (Jonathan’s) successor. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed Jonathan’s visit and meeting with Buhari to our correspondent on Sunday. Adesina however said he was not privy to the subject of the discussion at the meeting.
A top Presidency official also confirmed that the meeting was strictly between Buhari and Jonathan and that no photographs were taken. “Nobody was with them. I am sure they don’t want the visit to be an item in the media. That probably explains why the former President visited at night and went straight to the residence. They met for a few minutes in the President’s residence,” the official said.
President Buhari also played host to former President Olusegun Obasanjo the following day after the visit of former President Goodluck Jonathan. But unlike Jonathan’s visit, one of the photographers attached to the President was able to capture the two leaders. Speculation was rife that the visits are connected but till now nobody nothing has been revealed.
