The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari performed Umrah rituals, amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in the early hours of Thursday.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity) informed that the President was received by a number of officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Nigerian Embassy staff.
It said a day earlier in the second Holy City of Medina, President Buhari had also visited and prayed at the Prophet’s Mosque.
He arrived in the Kingdom on an eight-day official visit on Tuesday.