Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has visited the family of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.

Obi, a former Anambra State governor, could not attend Buhari’s burial ceremony on Tuesday but was present at the Fiddau Prayer for the deceased in Daura on Wednesday.

Obi had earlier sympathised with the Buhari family via a post on his official X account, saying that the death of the former president provided a solemn moment, not just for his family and close associates, but for Nigeria as a whole.

“President Buhari has always comported himself in a dignified manner as a leader.
To his wife, children, extended family, and to all Nigerians, I extend my deepest condolences,” Obi wrote on X.

“May Almighty Allah, Most Gracious and Most Merciful, forgive President Buhari’s shortcomings, reward his efforts in service to the nation, and grant him Aljannatul Firdaus.”

Obi, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, are among those attending the prayer session for the soul of Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.