Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate for the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) arrived Washington DC today, with the Senate President of Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

Atiku who disclosed this via his official tweeter handle, was seen in a picture having a handshake with Saraki. The reason for his visit was not made known as at the time of filling this report.

His critics had told Nigerians that he would never travel to US because of some corruption charges leveled against him.

Just arrived Washington D.C for meeting with US government officials, Nigerians living in D.C metropolis and the business community. -AA pic.twitter.com/EafM47B83A

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 17, 2019