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Breaking: Tinubu arrives Nigeria from France

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Abuja after one month away in France.

Tinubu’s flight touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 04:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24.

The president-elect arrived from France in the company of his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, at the presidential wing of the Abuja airport to a rousing welcome by scores of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and others who had been anticipating his arrival.

Tinubu left Nigeria for France on Tuesday, March 21.

READ ALSO: Supporters throng airport as Tinubu arrives Abuja

The President-elect, in a statement issued by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, said he travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29, 2023.

The former two-term governor of Lagos State added that he was prepared to leave France for Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj and the Ramadan Fasting which commenced on Thursday, March 23.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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