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Buhari suspends foreign tours

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7 years ago

April 10, 2019

Rushes back over insecurity in northern Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday suspended his foreign tour and returned to Abuja on Tuesday night, a day ahead of schedule, to attend to the rising insecurity in Zamfara and other states in the northwest Nigeria.

It was gathered that the President was initially scheduled to return to Abuja from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday at about 1:30p.m.

The presidential aircraft carrying the president, his aides and some members of his entourage landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja around 10.45 p.m.

It was learnt that the president’s decision to cut short his official engagements in Dubai might not be unconnected with security developments in Zamfara, Kaduna states as well as some other parts of the country.

President Buhari had on April 4 departed Abuja for Amman to honour an invitation by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan to participate in the World Economic Forum.

He delivered an address at the opening of the plenary alongside King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein and United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.

The president, who on Sunday moved to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, participated in the ninth edition of the Annual Investment Meeting.

While in Dubai, President Buhari also held bilateral talks and met with different groups of investors at the sidelines of the Annual Investment Meeting.