{"id":122144,"date":"2024-06-24T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari"},"modified":"2024-06-24T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T12:12:50","slug":"a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A trek in the Sahara,\u2019 Shehu Sani mocks Atiku over visit to Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The former Senator from Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described the visit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to immediate past President Muhammadu Muhammadu Buhari as \u2018trekking in the Sahara.\u201d<\/p>\n

Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, on Saturday, visited Buhari at his country home in Daura, Katsina State.<\/p>\n

The ex-vice president, who was accompanied on the trip to Daura by former Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and some top PDP stakeholders, reportedly had a closed-door meeting in the home of the former president.<\/p>\n

Many believe the visit was part of grand moves by Atiku to position himself for the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n

Prior to the visit to Buhari, Atiku had also paid similar visits to former Military President Ibrahim Babangida and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, at their residences in Niger State.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccompanied by some stakeholders of our great party, the @OfficialPDPNig, we visited the Daura residence of former President Muhammadu Buhari to pay a courtesy call and offer Sallah homage,\u201d Atiku later wrote on his X account.<\/p>\n

Sani, who reacted to the development on his X handle on Sunday, said the trip was okay if it was a mere Sallah homage.<\/p>\n

He, however, added with a tongue in cheek that it was like \u201ctrekking in the Sahara\u201d if it had political undertone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Daura visit is a sallah homage, that\u2019s okay. If it\u2019s a political mission, it\u2019s like trekking in the Sahara,\u201d the ex-lawmaker wrote.<\/p>\n

If the Daura visit is a sallah homage thats okay.If it\u2019s a political mission,it\u2019s like trekking in the Sahara.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The former Senator from Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described the visit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to immediate past President Muhammadu Muhammadu Buhari as \u2018trekking in the Sahara.\u201d Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, on Saturday, visited Buhari […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":122143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[316,97,254,195],"class_list":["post-122144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-atiku","tag-buhari","tag-nigeria","tag-shehu-sani"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018A trek in the Sahara,\u2019 Shehu Sani mocks Atiku over visit to Buhari - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The former Senator from Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described the visit of former Vice Pres ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018A trek in the Sahara,\u2019 Shehu Sani mocks Atiku over visit to Buhari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The former Senator from Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described the visit of former Vice Pres ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T10:03:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-24T12:12:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1719214701.166032.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"387\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018A trek in the Sahara,\u2019 Shehu Sani mocks Atiku over visit to Buhari\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-24T10:03:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-24T12:12:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1719214701.166032.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atiku\",\"Buhari\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shehu sani\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/a-trek-in-the-sahara-shehu-sani-mocks-atiku-over-visit-to-buhari\",\"name\":\"\u2018A trek in the Sahara,\u2019 Shehu Sani mocks Atiku over visit to Buhari - 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