After 104 days on medical vacation…Finally, Buhari returns ON AUGUST 20, 2017

Goodwill messages pour in from Nigerians By Abayomi Adeshida, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Levinus Nwabughiogu, and Omeiza Ajayi After 104 days on medical vacation in the United Kingdom, UK, President  Muhammadu Buhari, at exactly 4:48 yesterday afternoon, stepped down from the plane that brought him back, at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival received by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. AUG 19 2017. The plane, Nigeria Air Force 001, touched ground some 13 minutes earlier. The door of the presidential jet, with the coat of arms and the presidential seal inscribed boldly on it, was flung open at exactly 4:40. Meanwhile, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Assembly leadership have sent goodwill messages to the President  as he recovers. The goodwill of the National Assembly was contained in separate messages from the Office of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. By the same token, the President’s party, the All Progressives Congress, APC; the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, as well as leaders of Our Mumu Don Do Movement, which has been agitating for the President to resume or resign, also expressed delight at the President’s return. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said Buhari’s return is a fulfilment of hope. Arrival It was a moment filled with anxiety, excitement and curiosity all rolled into one, as the airport stood still for the much anticipated appearance of Buhari. Perhaps, for whatever reason, it took almost eight minutes before an obviously anxious crowd – which included but was not limited to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari, Service Chiefs as well as ministers of the federal republic – waiting at the foot of the plane stairway, could set their eyes on the President.