The president's presence at the event was announced by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, who posted on his Twitter account "President Muhammadu Buhari will today be the Special Guest of Honour at the Induction Ceremony of the Nigeria Air Force 'Tsaigumi Unmanned'."

The drone was indigenously designed and built by the Nigerian Air Force.

Buhari's 2nd Kaduna visit in 2018

The president's visit to Kaduna State on Thursday is his second in 2018 after he arrived the state on January 4, for a 1-day working visit.

During his visit, he commissioned 10 new coaches and two additional locomotives at Rigasa train station, as well as Nigeria's first inland dry port in Kakuri.