Buhari Returns From US-Africa Leaders Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday morning, returned to Abuja after an eight-day official trip to Washington DC, the United States of America (USA) where he participated in the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit.

Naija News reports that Buhari left for the United States from his hometown in Daura Katsina State, last Sunday.

The President was invited to join other African leaders for the Summit by his American counterpart, President Joe Biden.

While in Washington DC, President Buhari participated in a number of high-level meetings and conversations around the US-Africa relations, speaking on critical issues affecting the black continent, including security, climate change, transnational organised crimes and more.

He was also involved in various meetings where some high-level agreements were reached with America-based businesses

The visit was wrapped up with a townhall meeting with the Nigerian community in the US.

However, the President was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday morning by the governors of Kwara and Bauchi states; AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Bala Mohammed, respectively; the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ramatu Tijani Aliyu.

Other high profiled personalities at the airport to receive the President were the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi; and other senior security officials.