By Egena Sunday Ode
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday departed Lagos for Abuja after marking the Eid-el-Fitri, following his historic state visit to the United Kingdom.
His plane left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at 6.44 pm, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The statement recalled that President Tinubu 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.
It noted that as part of his Lagos schedule, President Tinubu received 23 governors, including Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji.
The President also received an EU delegation and members of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC).
Vice President Kashim Shettima also came to Lagos to brief the President on his trip to Borno State, following the recent suicide bombing, the statement said.
It added that the 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, according to the statement.
