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A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited the ex-military head of state, Yakubu Gowon.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai visited Gowon at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The meeting is coming shortly after the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain met with leaders of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the second time.<\/p>\n

The second visit further fueled speculation that the former governor is planning to dump the APC.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai was pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.<\/p>\n

Also reported to be present at the meeting were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC, gubernatorial candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Bauchi State.<\/p>\n

The meeting at Gada\u2019s home in Abuja on Sunday night came after El-Rufai hosted a Ramadan iftar at his Abuja residence.<\/p>\n

Those at the Ramadan iftar include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, Shehu Musa Gabam, and others.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat<\/p>\n

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