Done with Hajj, Buhari off to Qatar for OPEC meeting (photos)

Having concluded the lesser Hajj to round off his visit to Saudi Arabia, President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday left that country for Qatar, to attend the meeting of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Reports from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) say the President and his entourage performed the final Dawaf, which is the circumambulation of the Holy Ka’aba seven times, and offered supplications to Allah to round off the pilgrimage.

Buhari and members of the delegation, thereafter departed for Doha, the Qatari capital from Jeddah International Airport at about 3 pm local time.

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Before his departure, Buhari was received at the King Abdulaziz International Airport by a high delegation of Saudi officials led by the Governor of Jeddah, Prince Mishaal Bin Majed Bin Abdulaziz.

Others at the airport to bid farewell to the president included the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II; Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tambari, Oba of Lagos, Alhaji Rilwan Akiola and the Otaru of Auchi, Alhaji Haliru Momoh.

Nigerian diplomatic officials in Riyadh, Madina and Jeddah were also at the airport to bid farewell to the president.
He is expected back in Nigeria on Monday.

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