President Buhari Arrives Madinah for Official Visit
President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia to commence an eight-day official visit to the Middle-East country.
According to reports, the presidential aircraft conveying Buhari and some of his aides left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 9:10 a.m. on Monday and landed at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Madinah around 5:00 p.m local time.
Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman on Monday, revealed in a statement that Buhari’s 2023 official visit from April 11 to 19 would be his last trip to the Kingdom as president.
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.
NAN reports that the president last performed the Umrah in 2021.
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