The event was held at the National Mosque in Abuja.
Among the dignitaries were the National Chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje; Leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar; former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido; and acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Iliya Damagum.