Nigeria’s President Buhari Arrives Ethiopia For Abiy Ahmed’s Inauguration, driven by PM

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Sunday, with a surprise awaiting him.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who will be inaugurated for another five-year term on Monday played the chauffeur, as he drove Buhari to the newly built expansive friendship park for a private dinner.

A photograph posted in the social media showed Abiy on the wheels of an SUV, as Buhari sat next to him.

The presidential aircraft carrying President Buhari and some members of his entourage landed at the newly built VIP Terminal of Bole International Airport at 5:06p.m (Nigerian time).

The Nigerian leader, who was accorded a full guard of honour by the Ethiopian National Defence Force on his arrival.

Abiy met him as Buhari disembarked from the plane.

After the inspection of the guard of honour, the Prime Minister gestured the President into an SUV, took control of the wheels, chauffeuring him straight to the newly built expansive friendship park for a private dinner.

The dinner was attended by the President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, and the President of Senegal, Macky Sall.

Buhari, who was received by the Ethiopian Ahmed at Bole International Airport on Sunday, is expected to deliver a goodwill message at the inauguration event scheduled to hold on Monday at Meskel Square.

Other African presidents such as that of Kenya, South Sudan, Senegal, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, and the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected at the ceremony.