Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has returned to Nigeria after an overseas trip.
Atiku was received at the airport on Saturday evening by loyalists including the 2023 Adamawa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Aisha Binani.
The former Vice President, who twice contested for the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recently resigned from the party.
He is expected to formally announce his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a party which several opposition figures have adopted as a platform to challenge the ruling APC.
Atiku is expected to contest for the ADC presidential ticket in 2027.