After a death-rumour-filled 49-day vacation, President Muhammadu Buhari
returned to Nigeria this morning.
The President arrived Abuja at
exactly 8:40am. He had to go through
Kaduna Aiport as the one in Abuja is closed for runway repairs.
The Airforce plane that conveyed the President to Kaduna landed on the
Airforce base tarmac at exactly 7.47am.
Buhari alighted from the aircraft at 7.55am. He greeted government
officials waiting to receive him and then walked some 50 meters to a waiting
helicopter which conveyed him to Abuja.
Kaduna deputy governor Barnabas Bala and other top military officers were on
hand to receive the President who had been away since January 19.
Bala said Buhari is hale and hearty.
The President had, for medical reasons, prolonged his stay in London. The
development fueled rumours of his death. Those rumours may now be laid to rest.
