President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu were on Friday spotted together going round the Presidential Villa.
The tour around the seat of power is to familiarise the incoming President with the workings of the State House, from where he would preside over the affairs of Nigeria.
This comes ahead of Monday’s inauguration, expected to take place at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
Both leaders were seen taking a walk around the Villa vicinity after the Jumat prayers at the mosque within the premises.
On Thursday, Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima was conducted round the Vice President’s wing of the Villa by outgoing Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
President Buhari and Tinubu stopped briefly at the Press Gallery where reporters covering the State House usually converged.
At the Press Gallery, which is an adjoining space to the Council Chambers of the State House, the two leaders who stood for a couple of minutes, listening to their guide, did not speak to newsmen, who had expected to have a couple of questions answered.
The President and his successor, followed by a retinue of Presidency officials and security personnel, were guided on the tour by the State House Chief of Protocols, Ambassador Lawal Kazaure.
Other top officials of the State House, including the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and Permanent Secretary, Umar Tijjani accompanied the President on the tour.
The development comes barely 24 hours after the President conferred upon Tinubu the national honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, and Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger on Shettima, at the State House Banquet Hall.
Both leaders exchanged documents ahead of the official handover of power on Monday.
