President Muhammadu Buhari has today departed New York City for London after attending the United Nations General Assembly.
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.
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.