Nigeria, March 22 -- Muyiwa Adekeye, spokesperson for a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, says the recent visit of his principal to the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Abuja was without any political colouration.

Mr Adekeye, in a post on X, said Mr el-Rufai merely paid a visit to the National Chairman of SDP, Shehu Gabam, who is his (el-Rufai) friend.

He explained that Mr Gaban was at the home of the former governor the previous day and that the latter was only returning the visit.

"When Malam Nasir @elrufai visited Gabam the next day, he was merely returning a visit to a friend who happens to be SDP chairman," the post reads in part.

A video recently surfaced on social media showing Mr el-Rufai at ...