THE Presidency yesterday gave reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari stopped over in London after his official visit to the United States (U.S.).
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that there is a limit to the distance the President’s smaller plane can cover.
He explained that the President’s big jet has gone for repairs.
Shehu said: “The big jet is under repair. It has been taken for major repairs. So, the President is using a small plane and there is a limit to the distance the small plane can cover.
“So, the technical stopover I talked about is that the journey from U.S. to Abuja is broken into two.
“Technical stopover is that the plane stops at a point, refuel, do some checks and then proceed on the journey.
“This is very normal. There is nothing unusual about it. In any case, they are already on their way back home.