Though President Goodluck Jonathan and Bola Tinubu, national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), sat next to each other on Friday at the wedding of Halimat, last daughter of Ibrahim Babaginda, former military head of state but Saraki has his seat some meters away.
Minna, capital of Niger state, played host to important dignitaries as the retired general gave out his daughter in marriage.
Halimat got married to Auwal Abdullai, a businessman who has the title: sarkin Sudan of Gombe.
Thirty aircraft landed in the city, while exotic vehicles blazed through the streets.
Here are some pictures from the event:
Turai Yar’Adua, Fati Abubakar and Patience Jonathan, all former first ladies
Bola Tinubu, national leader of APC; former President Goodluck Jonathan; former Military President Ibrahim Babangida; Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakuba Dogara; and former Vice President Namadi Sambo
Governors of Niger, Kano, Zamfara and Sokoto
Saraki with 3 governors
Tinibu with governors of Niger and Kano states
Saraki with Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state
Bride’s father and a guest
Jonathan with Ismaila Funtua, billionaire businessman
Some clerics at the occasion
Mohammed, eldest son of Babaginda, with Jonathan
