President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after spending
18 days in London, the United Kingdom.
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Buhari’s plane, Nigeria Air Force 1, touched down at the
Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport,
Abuja, at about 6pm on Friday.
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Buhari, who had visited the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in London on Thursday, touched
down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport at about 18:45 pm on Friday.
The President had traveled to the UK on July 26, 2021, to attend
the Global Partnership for Education organised Global Education
Summit before undergoing a scheduled medical check-up.
The President was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff,
Professor Ibrahim Gambari; National Security Adviser, Major-General
Babagana Monguno (rtd); Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky
Irabor; Chief of Army Staff; Lieutenant-General Farouk Yahaya;
Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; the Inspector General of Police,
Usman Alkali Baba and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister,
Mohammed Musa Bello.
On arrival, Buhari inspected a guard of honour mounted by
officers and men of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army before
watching displays by cultural troops representing different
cultures.
Thereafter, the President hopped into an helicopter which took
him to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Nigeria Police Force had on Thursday night hinted that
Buhari will return to Abuja on Friday.
He spent two weeks in the United Kingdom during which he
attended an international summit on education as well as visited
his private doctors for routine medical check-up.
On Thursday, President Buhari met National Leader of the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said to be
recuperating in London.
As president, Buhari has spent a total of 201 days in the UK for
summits and medical check-up.
Buhari just returned from his second medical visit to the UK in
2021.
On March 30, he travelled on a medical trip to London and
returned to the country after two weeks.
Protesters had marched to the Nigerian Diplomatic Mission in
London during the president’s visit in March.
They had asked him to return to the country and fix the
system.
The president did not travel abroad all through 2020 as a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after spending
18 days in London, the United Kingdom.
Buhari’s plane, Nigeria Air Force 1, touched down at the
Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport,
Abuja, at about 6pm on Friday.
Buhari, who had visited the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in London on Thursday, touched
down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport at about 18:45 pm on Friday.
The President had traveled to the UK on July 26, 2021, to attend
the Global Partnership for Education organised Global Education
Summit before undergoing a scheduled medical check-up.
The President was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff,
Professor Ibrahim Gambari; National Security Adviser, Major-General
Babagana Monguno (rtd); Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky
Irabor; Chief of Army Staff; Lieutenant-General Farouk Yahaya;
Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; the Inspector General of Police,
Usman Alkali Baba and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister,
Mohammed Musa Bello.
On arrival, Buhari inspected a guard of honour mounted by
officers and men of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army before
watching displays by cultural troops representing different
cultures.
Thereafter, the President hopped into an helicopter which took
him to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Nigeria Police Force had on Thursday night hinted that
Buhari will return to Abuja on Friday.
He spent two weeks in the United Kingdom during which he
attended an international summit on education as well as visited
his private doctors for routine medical check-up.
On Thursday, President Buhari met National Leader of the ruling
All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said to be
recuperating in London.
As president, Buhari has spent a total of 201 days in the UK for
summits and medical check-up.
Buhari just returned from his second medical visit to the UK in
2021.
On March 30, he travelled on a medical trip to London and
returned to the country after two weeks.
Protesters had marched to the Nigerian Diplomatic Mission in
London during the president’s visit in March.
They had asked him to return to the country and fix the
system.
The president did not travel abroad all through 2020 as a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic.