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Buhari
returns: Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo receives President Muhammadu
Buhari at the Abuja international airport
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President Muhammadu
Buhari arrived Nigeria Saturday, after nearly four months in the United Kingdom
where he received medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
The
Nigerian Airforce plane carrying Mr. Buhari landed at the Abuja international
airport at exactly 4.36 p.m. Nigerian time.
Dozens
of state officials were at the airport to receive the president.
The
governors at the airport included governors of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje,
Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi, Abubakar Bello of
Niger, Nyeson Wike of Rivers, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Deputy governor of
Kaduna state, Barnabas Bala.
Among
those at the airport to welcome the president included members of the National
Assembly, service chiefs, Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Chief of
Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, as well as other presidential aides.
Others
at the airports are the National Security Adviser to the President (NSA),
Babagana Monguno; the Director-General, State Security Service, SSS, Lawal
Daura, and other dignitaries.
The
president took a national salute from the Presidential Guards Brigade while
cultural groups sang and danced to welcome him back home.
Mr.
Buhari, who appeared in traditional attires with a cap, later rode in a
motorcade to the presidential villa.
He
is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast on Monday at 7 a.m.
President Buhari left Nigeria on May 7, for the second round of his medical treatment in London.
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