President Muhammadu Buhari has on Thursday, departed New York for
London after checking out of the Millennium Hilton Hotel, New York, at
exactly 08:07 a.m local time.
The venue of the United Nations Plaza Tower, however, became
crowded due to scores of Nigerian officials who were either present to
bid the president farewell or catch a glimpse of the President.
The president who was officially accompanied to the airport by the
Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Prof Tijjani
Bande, departed the John F Kennedy International Airport at 10:00a.m.
FLASH: @NGRPresident Buhari To Leave New York for London Today, To See His UK Doctors On Saturday For A Scheduled Medical Appointment pic.twitter.com/Uyygc5F01O— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) September 21, 2017
On hand to bid the president farewell were the Minister of Foreign
Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen Mansur
Mohammed Dan-Ali; Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau; Minister
of State, Environment, Ibrahim Jibrin; former Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, amongst
others.
Recall that the President Buhari had arrived in New York, on Sunday
evening, to participate in the ongoing 72nd Session of the United
Nations General Assembly, and delivered Nigeria’s address, on Tuesday,
during the General Debate of the General Assembly.
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