Buhari Arrives Saudi Arabia On 8-Day Visit

• President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Saudi Arabia for an eight-day official visit.

• He will be observing the five daily prayers and the Taraweeh prayer at the Masjid Nabawi.

• This will be his final trip to the Kingdom as President.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Buhari would be in the Middle-East country for an eight-day official visit.

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Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia will be his’s last trip to the Kingdom as President.

The presidential aircraft conveying Buhari and some of his aides departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 9:10 a.m. on Monday.

The aircraft landed at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport Madinah around 17:00 local time.

While in Madinah, the president would be observing the five daily prayers as well as the Taraweeh prayer at the Masjid Nabawi before departing for Makkah via Jeddah, late on Wednesday, for the lesser pilgrimage.

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The spokesman of the President, Garba Shehu in a statement released on Monday said his principal would be in the country from April 11 to 19.

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