At Saudi Arabia, Buhari Prays For Return Of Peace, Security In Nigeria — Presidency

The Presidency has said President Muhammadu Buhari has prayed for Nigeria’s everlasting peace during a brief stopover at Madinah where he observed his evening prayers and engaged in intense prayers, along with his entourage for the return of peace and security all over Nigeria and the world at large.

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Saudi Arabia where he participated in a business summit.

President Muhammadu Buhari continues his visit to Saudi Arabia with a brief stopover at Madinah where he observed his evening prayers and engaged in intense prayers, along with his entourage for the return of peace and security all over Nigeria and the world at large.

Garba ShehuxSenior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement on Thursday obtained by ABN TV said the President who had earlier been received at the Prince Muhammad Abdulaziz Airport, Madinah by the Deputy Governor of the Region, Prince Sa’ud Al-Faisal spent quality time at the Mosque of the Holy Prophet Muhammed, Islam’s second holiest, engaging in prayers and recitation of the Holy Qur’an.

According to him, President Buhari and the delegation prayed for the well-being of the nation and its people and for the full restoration of peace and security in Nigerian and around the globe.

He added that prayers for the economy, ravaged by the pandemic to fully recover for the benefit of the nation and its people were also offered.

The President will later on in the evening proceed to Makkah for the performance of the Umrah (lesser Hajj).