BREAKING: Buhari Departs Nigeria For Senegal Amid Multiple Attacks

By Doris Israel Ijeoma

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for Dakar, Senegal to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit.

The President is getting set for the trip amid the high wave of attacks in the last 24 hours.

TrackNews reports that bandits opened fire on a convoy of his advance team in Katsina on Tuesday.

The team was heading for Daura, the president’s hometown when bandits ambushed them.

In yet another Katsina attack, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was gunned down.

Also, gunmen broke into Kuje Prison in the nation’s capital and set inmates, including high-profile Boko Haram suspects, free.

Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, had said all Boko Haram suspects in custody escaped during the attack.

In a statement on Wednesday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama; Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; as well as Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo.

Earlier, Buhari reshuffled his cabinet and swore in new ministers.

Buhari made 10 foreign trips in the first half of 2022, raising concerns among Nigerians, even though his aides insisted that the trips were in the interest of the country.