Tinubu departs Lagos to South Africa for Ramaphosa’s inauguration
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday departed Lagos at 11.06 a.m. for Pretoria, South Africa.
Mr Tinubu is to attend the inauguration of the re-elected South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President will return to Nigeria after the ceremony.
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other dignitaries saw Mr Tinubu off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The President was transported in a Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft with registration number 9H-GRC. Mr Tinubu arrived Lagos on Friday for the Eid-el Kabir festivities.
He had called on Nigerians to make sacrifices that would make the nation great.
(NAN)
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