Tinubu returns to Abuja after Arab-Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia
President Bola Tinubu is back in Abuja after his trip to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, where he participated in the just concluded extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit.
The president arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 8 pm and was received on arrival by senior members of the administration, including the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Also on hand to receive him were ministers of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje.
While at the Summit, Tinubu called for decisive global action to end the ongoing violence in Gaza, urging world leaders to move beyond symbolic condemnations.
He called on parties in the conflict in the Middle East to respect the principles of proportionality and the basic rights of civilians, consistent with global legal and diplomatic frameworks.
“In a rules-based international order, States have the right of self-defence. But self-defence must take proportionality into account, in line with global legal, diplomatic – and moral – frameworks.
“An entire civilian population, their dreams and futures, cannot be dismissed as collateral,” he said.
