Little Aisha and Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje (left) welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari on his arrival at the Aminu Kano International Airport Kano on his two-day working visit to Kano State on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday made his first trip as Nigerian president to a key state, in the latest sign of his return to the national stage after months of illness and treatment abroad.
The 74-year-old’s two-day visit to Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city and capital of one its most populous states, will also be interpreted as an indication he is seeking a second term of office at elections in early 2019.
The ageing head of state has hardly been seen outside his residence in Abuja since returning in August from months of treatment in London for an undisclosed ailment.
But last month, he toured three southeastern states, which analysts saw as a test of how well he fared on the stump, with possibly months of arduous campaigning ahead.
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