Buhari meets the Archbishop who saved him

Adebayo Onanuga

May 13, 2016

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Archbishop Welby receives Buhari at Lambeth Palace

Time to say goodbye: Buhari signs the visitor's register at Archbishop Welby's place — Time to say goodbye: Buhari signs the visitor’s register at Archbishop Welby’s place

President Muhammadu Buhari before leaving London visited some important personages.

He visited the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles.

He also visited the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Welby was with Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday when Prime Minister David Cameron dropped the bombshell on leaders of ‘fantastically corrupt’ nations coming to Thursday’s summit on corruption. The leader of the Anglican Church who had lived in Nigeria before protested and said: ‘this one is not corrupt’.

It was an invaluable testimonial ever issued to the Nigerian leader.

*Story corrected. Prince Williams incorrectly used for Prince Charles.