The Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja to Daura, Katsina State, to begin a one-week visit to his country home.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and some members of his entourage landed at Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina at about 4.30 p.m.

Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, Deputy Gov. Mannir Yakubu, Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, and top government officials received the president in Katsina while members of the Daura Emirate Council welcomed him at Daura.

NAN gathered that the President might entertain both official and private engagements, including visits to his farm, during his one-week stay in Daura.

Buhari is expected to return to Abuja on December 18th, 2020.

Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari reneges on his promise to appear before the House of Representatives to explain the country’s security challenges.

The President had opted to speak to a joint session of the National Assembly (the Senate and House of Representatives) after he was summoned by the House in the wake of Boko Haram’s beheading of scores of rice farmers in Zarbamari Village, Borno State. The House had, after a rowdy session on December 1, passed a unanimous resolution to summon President Buhari to render an account of his effort to tackle the spate of insecurity in the polity..