{"id":167355,"date":"2025-06-22T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-obasanjo-gowonshettima-el-rufai-meet"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T18:54:00","slug":"atiku-obasanjo-gowonshettima-el-rufai-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-obasanjo-gowonshettima-el-rufai-meet","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, Obasanjo, Gowon,Shettima, El-Rufai meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Atiku Abubakar has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Kashim Shettima and ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon.<\/p>\n<p>He also met with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other imminent Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>They met during the 70th birthday of former Bauchi State governor and ex-National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Muazu, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku recalled working with Muazu between 1999 to 2007 to lay the foundation for good governance.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Atiku wrote: \u201cYesterday, I joined my boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, and Vice President Kashim Shettima, along with many other prominent Nigerian leaders, in paying tribute to Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Muazu, former governor of Bauchi State and one-time National Chairman of the PDP, who turned 70.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Vice President of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, I worked with Mu\u2019azu and other governors who served within that period to lay the foundation for good governance and a private sector-led economic growth for Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used the occasion to congratulate Mu\u2019azu and wish him many more years in good health and vitality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar has met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Kashim Shettima and ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. He also met with former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, National leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other imminent Nigerians. 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