Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday arrived the United States of America.

Confirming this via his verified twitter handle, Atiku disclosed that he would be meeting with US government officials.

“Just arrived Washington D.C for meeting with US government officials, Nigerians living in D.C metropolis and the business community”, he tweeted.

Just arrived Washington D.C for meeting with US government officials, Nigerians living in D.C metropolis and the business community. -AA pic.twitter.com/EafM47B83A

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) January 17, 2019

TheLagostimes reports that the last time Atiku visited the U.S. was in 2007 when he left as Nigeria’s vice-president. He served under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Obasanjo had accused him of fraud while in office, and he was also linked to corruption charges filed in the U.S. The politician denied all allegations of wrongdoing.

For the over 12 years that Atiku was unable to visit the U.S, American authorities had declined to issue him entry visa and there were speculation that a secret indictment had been entered against him by that country’s authorities.