Tinubu returns to Abuja from Lagos 

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday returned to Abuja after marking the Eid-el-Fitri, in Lagos.

The President had flown directly to Lagos last week Friday, from the United Kingdom, after his historic state visit to the UK, on the invitation of King Charles III.

Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the President on information and strategy, in a statement, said the President’s plane had left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 6.44 pm.

President Tinubu had  returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom in the early hours of Friday and participated in the Eid-el-Fitr prayers held at Dodan Barracks.

As part of his Lagos schedule, President Tinubu received 23 governors, including Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

The President also received Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote,  an EU delegation and members of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC).

Vice President Kashim Shettima was also in  Lagos to brief the President on his trip to Borno State, following the recent suicide bombing.

Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, were at the President’s residence for the departure ceremony.

Others at the airport for the departure were the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, senior government officials, and party stalwarts.

President Tinubu is also expected to attend the national convention of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC, where th party will announce his candidature as the party’s flag bearer in the 2027 presidential election.