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Buhari on his way back to Nigeria

Friday, November 15, 2019 at 6:52 PM by Onyirioha Nnamdi

- Emerging reports reveal that President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive Nigeria on Friday, November 15

- The news was given to journalists from sources in the presidency

- The sources said that President Buhari’s flight took off from Stansted Airport, London, in the afternoon of Friday and is expected to touch down in Abuja by 7:00 pm

According to sources in the presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive in Nigeria in the evening of Friday, November 15.

The sources revealed that President Buhari’s flight took off from Stansted Airport, London, around 3:00 pm on Friday, Premium Times reports.

The plane conveying the president who has been away from the country on a two-week private trip, should land at the airport by 7:30 p.m.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Muhammadu Buhari would be travelling to London, the United Kingdom, on a private visit after attending the Economic Forum of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, made this known in a statement released on Monday, October 28.

According to the statement, the president will be leaving Nigeria on Monday, October 28, for the economic forum in Saudi Arabia.

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Legit.ng gathered that President Buhari was scheduled to meet with King Salman and King Abdullah ll of Jordan during the trip.

The Nigerian president would on Wednesday, October 30, participate in an Africa-themed event alongside his counterparts from other African countries.

Buhari would thereafter travel to the UK on a private visit on Saturday, November 2, and return to Nigeria on Thursday, November 17.

Recall that the president had just returned from Russia where he attended a three-day Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

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