Following the postponement of the Feb. 16 and March 2 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Katsina for Abuja.

The president was scheduled to exercise his voting right on Saturday in Daura, his country home, before the sudden postponement by INEC.

TheLagostimes gathered that the president, who did not use his official chopper due to bad weather, arrived Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport Katsina by road at about 12.12p.m for the onward journey to Abuja.

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State, Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika and other prominent personalities were at the airport to bid the president farewell.

NAN reports that the president is expected to preside over various meetings involving stakeholders following the sudden postponement of the elections.

Recall that the INEC had on Saturday shifted the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections to Feb. 23.