President Muhammadu Buhari arrived home on Wednesday night after visiting Saudi Arabia for eight days.

On April 10, the president departed for a location in the Middle East where he participated in a smaller hajj and other events.

This was Buhari’s final tour as president of Nigeria.

Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, verified the news in a statement, stating that his primary NAF 001 Boeing 737 aircraft touched down at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 5:08 p.m.

The presidential jet, according to him, took a longer path to avoid the Sudanese airspace where the country’s troops are battling members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

The statement read: “The rerouted aircraft flew from Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia through Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and eventually Nigeria.

“The President was received at the airport by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Danmallam Mohammed, and the Director-General, Department of State Services Yusuf Bichi.”