By Luka Binniyat

Friends and political associates  of former Vice President Namadi Sambo and his wife, Amina, defied  the heavy rain  that fell on  Friday in Kaduna and trooped to the Kaduna International Airport to receive him at the end of his tenure in Abuja.

The crowd,  made up  mostly  of chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, was  led by the former governor of  Kaduna State, Alh. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, the  PDP’s state Chairman, Chief Abubakar Gaiya Haruna and the Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Honourable Shehu Tahir.

The former vice  president  arrived the airport at exactly 6:30pm in a presidential plane.

The  convoy of over 200 vehicles  drove with  Sambo  and his wife through Kaduna town to his  house at  Camp  Road  where a reception was organized to welcome them.

Speakers at the reception commended the former vice  president  for his meritorious service to the nation and wished him well in his  future endeavours.

Responding, Sambo thanked all for the show of love and solidarity demonstrated  for him.