Adedokun Waliyu 
Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, has departed Lagos State, for Accra, Ghana.
He will attend the inauguration of President-elect, John Mahama, on Tuesday.
The president departed Lagos State, where he went to celebrate his Yuletide and departed for Ghana, through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA).
Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, would join other African leaders at the ceremony.
Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the president-elect, who had visited the Nigerian leader earlier in December.
Mahama, earlier served as the 12th president of Ghana between 2011 and 2017, was reelected in December 2024 to succeed President Nana Akuffo-Addo.
He is accompanied on the trip by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and other senior government officials.
It was earlier reported that Tinubu would depart Abuja on Monday, January 6, for Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Dramani Mahama on January 7.
Tinubu’s trip to Accra is at the invitation of the president-elect, who visited the Nigerian leader in December 2024.
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, in a statement on Sunday, said, “Mahama and President Tinubu have a longstanding personal relationship, just like Nigeria and Ghana maintain a longstanding bilateral relationship.
“President Tinubu, as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other African leaders at the ceremony.
“The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu and other senior government officials will accompany President Tinubu on the trip.”
