Even the world watched in excitement the numbers of opposition politicians who graced the occasion. From Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who represented the President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to the the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Minister of State of Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the personality of the man Diri, remains a reference point.