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President Tinubu set to travel from Lagos to Abuja after six‑day stay

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President Tinubu set to travel from Lagos to Abuja after six‑day stay
President Tinubu set to travel from Lagos to Abuja after six‑day stay

President Bola Tinubu will leave Lagos for Abuja on Monday evening following a six‑day visit that featured an Independence Day address, a documentary premiere on Chief M.K.O Abiola, and a meeting with the Oba of Lagos.

President [Bola Tinubu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Tinubu) will leave [Lagos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos) for [Abuja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja) on Monday evening after a six‑day visit to the former capital.

He had arrived in Lagos on Tuesday, 29 September, following his annual holiday in London and Paris.

According to a statement from presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, while in Lagos the president addressed the nation on 1 October to commemorate Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day.

Later that day he attended the national premiere at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts of “MKO”, a documentary tracing the life, political struggle and lasting legacy of the late Chief [Moshood Kashimawo Abiola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshood_Kashimawo_Abiola) and the historic June 12 pro‑democracy movement.

On Sunday the president also visited the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Akiolu, at the Iga Iduganran Palace on Lagos Island.

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