Buhari returns from US trip after London stopover

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country from his trip to United States of America where he had a meeting with President Donald Trump.

The President landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10.30pm.

President Buhari was said to have left US for Nigeria on Tuesday but had to stopover in London due to what the presidency described as technical hitches.

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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had in a text message to newsmen on Thursday afternoon claimed that Buhari made the “technical stopover” in the United Kingdom after his visit to the President of the United States of America (USA) at the instance of his technical crew who decided to break the long US trip to refuel and carry out routine checks on the jet being used.

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