The two ex-army generals have tried to prove to the world that they are not foes. President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo came face to face for the first time after Chief Obasanjo released a statement asking President Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.
The two leaders met last Sunday at the start of the summit of the African Union, AU, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
They met briefly just before the opening ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the AU.
Chief Obasanjo first went round to exchange pleasantries with other African leaders attending the summit, before looking out for President Buhari among the crowd to also have a word with him.
Newsmen at the venue observed that the brief pleasantries between the two leaders became a sensation inside the Nelson Mandela Hall as photojournalists made frantic efforts to capture the moment.
Chief Obasanjo had raised another round of controversy in Nigeria when he issued a 13-page statement accusing President Buhari of under-performance and being in poor health, which should make him not to seek re-election in 2019.
