President Buhari Returns To Abuja Today After An Eight-Day Visit To Saudi Arabia

After an eight-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to Abuja on Wednesday (today).

Buhari’s aircraft is expected to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 5 pm.

NAN reports that Saudi government officials, traditional and spiritual leaders from Nigeria as well as some senior staff of the Nigerian Embassy in the Kingdom were at the airport to bid farewell to the president.

The president had successfully performed Umrah rituals, amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Makkah from Madinah on Thursday morning.

NAN reports that the president alongside members of his entourage as well as some traditional and religious leaders from the six geopolitical zones of the country was led by a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque in the performance of the rituals.