Tinubu departs for South Africa

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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday departed Lagos at 11.06 a.m. for Pretoria.

Mr Tinubu is to attend the inauguration of re-elected South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The president will return to Nigeria after the South African inauguration ceremony.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other dignitaries saw Mr Tinubu off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

The president was transported in a Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft with registration number 9H-GRC.

Mr Tinubu had arrived Lagos on Friday for the Eid-el Kabir festivities.

He had called on Nigerians to make sacrifices that would make the nation great. (NAN)

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