President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, returned to Abuja after spending eight days in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, where he had joined his kinsmen to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that President Buhari’s aircraft departed Umaru Musa International Airport around 4pm for Abuja.
Governor Aminu Masari, his deputy, Mannir Yakubu, and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Tasiu Maigari were among the dignitaries who saw the President off at the airport.
Before his departure, President Buhari inspected a guard of honor mounted by troops of the 17 Brigade of the Nigeran Army and that of the 213 Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Air Force, both in Katsina.
It would be recalled that President Buhari arrived in Daura last Thursday, while he commissioned a water project in Zobe, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, and the National Land Development Authority Integrated Farm project in Suduje, Daura Local Government Area of the state during his stay.
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According to PUNCH, a number of personalities, including 12 state governors, the Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi, also visited him in Daura.
The governors, who visited President Buhari, were Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Aminu Masari (Katsina), Simon Lalong (Plateau).
President Muhammadu Buhari
Others included Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Abubakar Bello (Niger), Abubakar Ganduje (Kano), Gboyega Oyetola (Osun), Benedict Ayade (Cross Rivers), David Umahi (Ebonyi ), and Muhammed Yahaya (Gombe).
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