Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have arrived in Nigeria for their 72-hour tour to promote the Invictus Games.
They arrived on Friday after boarding the British Airways overnight flight to Abuja, which was slightly delayed after the scheduled pilot went ill, and a replacement had to be quickly arranged.
Some Nigerian officials met them on arrival, just before 5 a.m., at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
Afterward, they were taken out of a side door onto the jetty and into a waiting blacked-out minibus.
Defence spokesperson Brigadier General Tukur Gusau told newsmen that their first engagement is at midday at the Defence Headquarters
He said that after that, they would travel to Kaduna to meet wounded soldiers at a military hospital before returning to Abuja for other engagements.
The visit primarily is to promote the Invictus Games and comes after Harry met the Nigerian team and the Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa at last year’s competition in Dusseldorf, Germany.
It was there that he told the audience Meghan was ‘rooting for Team Nigeria’, after discovering she had heritage from the West African nation.
Harry and Meghan are visiting Nigeria at the invitation of General Musa.
The couple is due to visit a school before the duke meets injured service members at a military hospital.
They will also attend a training session for charity Organisation in Nigeria: Unconquered, which collaborates with the Invictus Games, as well as a reception where military families will be honoured.
On Saturday, the couple will attend a training session for the organisation, Nigeria: Unconquered, and a reception hosted by the Chief of Defence Staff in honour of military families.
In the afternoon, Meghan will co-host an event of Women in Leadership with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization.
On Sunday, the couple will attend a basketball clinic with Giants of Africa, a cultural reception, and a polo fundraiser for Nigeria: Unconquered.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
