Buhari performs Umrah ritual in Makkah amidst heavy security.

On Thursday morning, shortly after arriving at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, President Muhammadu Buhari performed Umrah rituals under heavy security.

Several officials, including a delegation from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and staff from the Nigerian Embassy, greeted the President, according to a statement made by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.

President Buhari had previously visited and prayed at the Prophet’s Mosque a day earlier in the second Holy City of Madina.

On Tuesday, he began an eight-day official visitation in the Kingdom.