Several Presidential aspirants attended an Iftar dinner organised by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, at Old Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.
The meeting earlier scheduled for 6:30 pm began minutes past 07:00 pm with dignitaries arriving at 06:20 pm.
In a letter sighted by The Punch on Thursday, Mrs Buhari had invited all presidential aspirants from every political party to the Ramadan Iftar.
However, our correspondent observed that elected party officials were also in attendance.
At the time of the opening prayers, National Leader of the All Progressives Congresss, Bola Tinubu, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi was spotted in the building.
Also in attendance were the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; a former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Barnabas Gemade; recently sacked lawmaker and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
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