The Common-sense Senator, Ben Bruce was also spotted in Atiku's entourage. Ben Bruce has not publicly declared support for Atiku should he decide to run in 2019 but he's been quite vocal in criticising the Buhari led administration .

 Recall that Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development Aisha Alhassan, a.k.a Mama Taraba's recent affiliation with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been the talk of Nigerian Politics in the past week.