Buhari arrives Madinah for official visit

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Madinah, Saudi Arabia to commence an eight-day official visit to the Middle-East country. The presidential aircraft conveying Buhari and some of his aides departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 9:10 a.m., on Monday, and landed at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport Madinah around 17:00 p.m. local time. 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. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, had on Monday, in a statement, revealed that this year’s official visit from April 11 to 19 would be Buhari’s last trip to the Kingdom as president. NAN reports that the president last performed the Umrah in 2021.