President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo were all smiles on Sunday when they met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the opening session of the 30th African Union summit.

This came five days after Obasanjo issued a scathing “special press release” asking Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.

They shook hands and, although they spoke for about two minutes, their encounter caused excitement inside the Nelson Mandela Hall.

Photojournalists scrambled to take shots of the moment.

Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state, later joined Buhari and Obasanjo for photographs.

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