Buhari returns, walks 50 meters with swagger
After a death-rumour-filled 49-day vacation, President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria this morning.
The President arrived Abuja at exactly 8:40am. He had to go through Kaduna Aiport as the one in Abuja is closed for runway repairs.
The Airforce plane that conveyed the President to Kaduna landed on the Airforce base tarmac at exactly 7.47am.
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Buhari alighted from the aircraft at 7.55am. He greeted government officials waiting to receive him and then walked some 50 meters to a waiting helicopter which conveyed him to Abuja.
Kaduna deputy governor Barnabas Bala and other top military officers were on hand to receive the President who had been away since January 19.
Bala said Buhari is hale and hearty.
The President had, for medical reasons, prolonged his stay in London. The development fueled rumours of his death. Those rumours may now be laid to rest.
In Pictures: Buhari is back!
