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Former President Buhari gets rousing homecoming welcome in Daura

The Daura Emirate Council will hold a grand durbar on Tuesday to welcome Buhari back home.

Former president, Muhammadu Buhari, is back home [Presidency]

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari, his wife Aisha and children, arrived Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport via a Nigerian Air Force aircraft at about 1:30 pm.

He was accompanied by former ministers of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, and his spokesman, Garba Shehu, among others.

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The former president was received by the newly-inaugurated governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umar-Radda and his deputy, Faruk Lawal.

Buhari was later conveyed to Daura in a helicopter at about 2:20 pm, and was received by a tumultuous crowd led by the Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk-Umar.

NAN reports that Daura Emirate Council will hold a grand durbar on Tuesday to welcome Buhari back home.

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