Tinubu Ends Vacation, Departs Paris for Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu has completed his working break and left Paris, France, on his return trip to Nigeria. A statement released today by Bayo Onanuga, a presidential media aide, said the president's aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos later this evening. Onanuga said Tinubu decided to go to Lagos first as a way of honouring Chief MKO Abiola, remembered as a martyr of Nigeria's democratic struggle. Onanuga also said that on Independence Day, the president will attend the premiere of a film celebrating Abiola, the winner of the June 1993 election, at the Wole Soyinka National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos. While in Lagos, the Nigerian leader will hold strategic meetings with political leaders and associates over several days to prepare for the 2027 elections, according to Onanuga. Tinubu will go back to Abuja after his political engagements in Lagos. Onanuga noted that the president left Abuja on August 30 for the working break. He stayed one week in London before going on to Paris.