File photo: President Buhari in military outfit
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, arrived in Maiduguri, Borno state, for a one-day state visit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari arrived the
Maiduguri International Airport at 10.30 a.m. in company of his Chief of
Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari.
He was received by Gov. Kashim Shettima, the Chief of Army Staff,
Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Saddique
Abubakar as members of the National and State Assemblies.
The president proceeded to the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army,
Munguno, about 150 kilometres from Maiduguri to participate in the
activities lined up to mark the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration
(NADCEL).
The week-long event was designed to celebrate the soldiers fighting
the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East and other security
challenges in the country.
NAN reports that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had on Thursday,
attended the military exhibition and trade fair in Monguno in line with
the activities marking the week.
Buratai had earlier conducted environmental sanitation at
Gudunbali, one of the communities currently resettled, and donated
tractors to the returning farmers.
The army also conducted medical outreach to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Bama, Dikwa and Monguno.