{"id":70575,"date":"2023-03-31T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=70575"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:05:05","slug":"vice-president-elect-visits-generals-ibrahim-badamasi-babangida-abdulsalami-abubakar-in-minna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/vice-president-elect-visits-generals-ibrahim-badamasi-babangida-abdulsalami-abubakar-in-minna\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President -Elect Visits Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar In Minna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President elect, His Excelency Senator Kashim&nbsp; Shettima has paid a familiarization visit to the former Military president,General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70580 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-645x430.jpg 645w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-20230330-WA0027-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Shettima who was in Minna Niger State Capital on Thursday&nbsp; to pay homage and to check on the two former Nigerian leaders to mark Ramadan fasting period&nbsp; according to some sources.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Sources closed to the duo at their&nbsp; Uphill country home&nbsp; in Minna&nbsp; hinted that the visit may have been unconnected with the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) Government to be led by the President elect, His Excellency&nbsp; Bola Ahmed Tinubu seeking the supports of the two Elder Statesmen.<\/p>\n<p>National Wires&nbsp; further learnt&nbsp; that the Vice President Elect&#8217;s&nbsp; visit was also to Consult and find a way out, over the recent Department of State Services (DSS) alleged plans by some perceived&nbsp; disgruntled Political actors in the country &#8216;s decisions to moot the idea of the formation of&nbsp; &nbsp;interim National Government&nbsp; in the country .<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President -Elect Visits Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar In Minna<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-70575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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