President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, hosted Theophilus Danjuma, retired lieutenant-general and former minister of defence, during a courtesy visit at the State House in Abuja.
But details of the visit to the president has not been made public.
Danjuma, 87, is a former chief of army staff and served as minister of defence between 1999 and 2003 under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He remains one of Nigeria’s most prominent elder statesmen and is the founder of the TY Danjuma Foundation, a philanthropic organisation focused on health and education.
The visit comes days after Agbu Kefas, governor of Taraba, dismissed rumours of a rift between him and Danjuma following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“I don’t have any problem with TY Danjuma; he is my father,” Kefas had told journalists after a meeting with Tinubu in Abuja.
“Since we started politics, nothing has ever come between us. People just speculate, but there is no issue at all.”
Kefas’ defection in late 2025 triggered a wave of crossovers by lawmakers, council chairpersons, and party executives in Taraba.
