JUST IN: Buhari Set To Fly Abroad Tomorrow

President Mohammadu Buhari, Baring any last minute change of mind, will Jet out of the country tomorrow, Monday September 4, 2017 on a visit to Washington, DC.

Mr. President’s trip to the US is at the invitation of President Donald Trump.

According to SaharaReporters, a Nigerian Presidency source said that Trump had extended the invitation last February, shortly after his inauguration.

The president is scheduled to leave his hometown, Daura, by helicopter at 9:15 am on Monday for Katsina airport. From the airport, he will fly out at 10 am aboard a presidential jet to Washington, DC.

The source said the earlier plan was for the president to combine the official visit to the US with his participation at the UN General Assembly in New York from September 21 to 25, 2017.