President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Abuja after his eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement.

Shehu explained that the President arrived after nearly seven hours for a four to five-hour Jeddah-Abuja flight due to the ongoing situation in Sudan warranting the avoidance of the country’s entire airspace by air traffic.