President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Washington DC to attend the United States-Africa Leaders Summit on Sunday, December 12.
Reports claim that President Buhari arrived at the Joint Base Andrews, Air Force Base, Maryland at about 6.25 pm local time.
The president was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr Mrs Uzoma Emenike and the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.
Other Nigerian diplomats on the ground to welcome the president were the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija and his counterpart in Atlanta, Amb. Amina Smaila.
Buhari was accompanied by Bala Mohammed and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governors of Bauchi and Kwara, respectively, as well as some ministers and other top government officials.
President Buhari will join other African leaders at the High-Level Meeting held between Tuesday, Dec. 13 and Thursday, Dec. 15 at the instance of the United States President, Joe Biden.
