President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, returned to Jos, the Plateau State capital, to canvass votes for his re-election bid, barely seven months after he stopped at the airport for a 10-minute condolence visit over the Palm Sunday attack in Anguwan Rukuba.

Mr Tinubu arrived in Jos earlier on Saturday and was received by his party members as they headed to the stadium for his campaign rally.

“President Bola Tinubu arrives in Jos, Plateau State, ahead of the APC Presidential Campaign Rally and is welcomed by top dignitaries and government officials,” Dada Olusegun, a media aide to the president, announced on X, posting a video of the president being received by party members.

The video captured the moment Mr Tinubu and his wife, Remi Tinubu, disembarked from the jet, how party members welcomed them and when the Nigerian Army gave him a welcoming ceremony.

Earlier on Saturday, the police announced the deployment of personnel to secure the capital city and the venue of the campaign for Mr Tinubu and his party.

Mr Tinubu is returning to Plateau for a presidential campaign barely seven months after he only visited the airport to meet with victims of the Palm Sunday attack in Anguwan Rukuba, which left at least 30 people dead.

“Please be seated,” Mr Tinubu said. “You have no light at the airport, and I have to fly back within the next 10 minutes.”

The president, who limited his visit to the airport, met with the families of the Anguwan Rukuba attack victims and other political stakeholders in the state, will woo the people of Plateau to support his re-election bid.

Waves of killings have rocked Plateau State before and under Mr Tinubu’s watch, leaving hundreds dead and many displaced.

The killings in Plateau and other parts of the Middle Belt sparked an international campaign alleging Christian genocide in Nigeria, leading to the U.S. designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.