Atiku Abubakar departs Nigeria for Europe

Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has embarked on a business trip to Europe.

He departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 11 AM on Wednesday, the 26th of June, 2024.

This was made known in a statement on Wednesday by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe.

The statement read: “Nigeria’s leading opposition figure and former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has embarked on a business trip to Europe. The former Vice President departed from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 11 AM on Wednesday, the 26th of June, 2024 for his first port of call.

“He was accompanied to the airport by family members, friends, and associates.

“This morning, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar proceeded on a short foreign business trip. He will be back in the country soon.”

In other news, TopNaija had gathered that there was fire outbreak at Dangote Group refinery located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State.

At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire outbreak on Wednesday, June 26, could not be ascertained as at the filing of this report.

Confirming the incident, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, disclosed in a statement sent to Vanguard that the fire has been contained and there is no cause for alarm.

The statement read: “We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP) today, Wednesday, 26th of June.

“There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating normally, and there are no recorded injuries or bodily harm to any of our staff on duty.”

See Video Below;

Fire outbreak at Dangote Refinery pic.twitter.com/s0YMxWC0JD

— Journalist KC (@kc_journalist) June 26, 2024