Buhari cuts short London private visit, returns to Abuja
Hours after the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave its explanation for dismissing the appeal challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 2019 presidential election brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar on Friday, the President made a surprise return to the country. Buhari cut short his two-week private visit to London by two days as he arrived the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. The president, who was on official visit to Saudi Arabia before the commencement of the private visit to London on Nov. 2, was initially scheduled to return to Nigeria on Nov. 17. Buhari attended the third Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he later performed the Lesser Hajj alongside Governors Atiku Bagudu, Aminu Masari and Babagana Zulum of Kebbi, Katsina and Borno States. The Nigerian leader was far away in Saudi Arabia when the Supreme Court on Oct. 30, dismissed the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar challenging his victory at the Feb. 23 presidential poll. The full judgment delivered on Friday provided explanations for the apex court’s summary decision of Oct. 30, which dismissed the PDP’s appeal. The President while in London met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, at the Lambeth Palace. On Wednesday, he also met with the management of Pearson Educational Group. The meeting with Pearson Educational Group was attended by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed and Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK, Justice Adesola Oguntade. Xxx President Muhammadu Buhari arriving the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja after his two-week private visit to London two days earlier schedule Read the full article
