President Muhammadu Buhari as part of his nationwide visit to trouble areas in Nigeria today Wednesday, March 24, arrived in Maiduguri, Borno state.
According to our source.President Buhari is expected to visit Yobe so as to meet with families of 110 school girls that recently abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi.
The presidential jet landed at Maiduguri International Airport at about 11.01 am.
It was learnt that the president was received by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno, Chief of Defence Staff, General Obayomi Olonishakin, National Security Adviser (NSA) Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno and other service chiefs.
Others were the ministers of education; youth and sports, interior, and information and culture, Adamu Adamu, Solomon Dalong, Abdulrahman Dambazau and Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The President, accompanied by top government functionaries, was expected to board a chopper to Damaturu, the Yobe capital later in the day.
Earlier this week President Buhari went to Benue state on Monday, March 12, to condole with the people over killings by herdsmen and reassure them that the administration shared in their grief.
The state was in no holiday mood for the president as there were protests, empty streets during the visit.
The president met with leaders of thought, traditional rulers, stakeholders and government officials at the peoples house, the government house, before returning to Abuja.
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