Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, displayed his usual pleasantness towards anyone he hits silly, when today, Sunday, in Addis Ababa, he looked for President Buhari for a handshake.
Eye witness account at the ongoing African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said that Obasanjo had first gone round to exchange pleasantries with other African leaders attending the summit, before looking out for Buhari in the crowd to also have a word with him.
The eye witnesses who are journalists covering the Summit, report that the brief meeting of the two leaders raised excitement in the Nelson Mandela Hall with photo journalists busy recording the handshake.
The meeting of Buhari – Obasanjo today came, about a week after Obasanjo had released a 13-page statement accusing Buhari of under-performance as President and asking him not seek re-election in 2019.
Since then, Nigerians have been queuing behind the two leaders, for and against, thereby creating some kind of political tension in the country.
