Tinubu returns to Abuja

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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

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ABUJA —PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Wednesday returned to Abuja after marking the Eid-el-Fitri, following his historic state visit to the United Kingdom.

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His plane left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 6.44 pm.

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The President had returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom in the early hours of Friday and participated in the Eid-el-Fitr prayers held at Dodan Barracks.

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As part of his Lagos schedule, President Tinubu received 23 governors, including Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

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The President also received Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, an EU delegation and members of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC).

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Vice President Kashim Shettima also came to Lagos to brief the President on his trip to Borno State, following the recent suicide bombing.

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Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, were at the President’s residence for the departure ceremony.

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Others at the airport for the departure were the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, senior government officials, and party stalwarts.

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