President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night returned to Abuja after a successful official visit to the United States, where he held bilateral talks with President Donald Trump.
President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have made a stopover in the United Kingdom after his visit to the President of the USA, at the instance of his technical crew, who decided to break the long US trip to refuel and do routine checks on the jet being used.
The presidential aircraft that conveyed the president and some members of his entourage landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja about 10.35p.m.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had earlier on Thursday attributed the “technical stopover” to the fact that the big “aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet is currently under repairs.”
The presidential aide explained that the President had been using a smaller aircraft that had a limit on the distance it could cover, hence the decision to have a stopover in the British capital.
He explained further that the stopover was meant to refuel and carry out some checks on the aircraft before proceeding on the journey.
