President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday departed Lagos at 11.06 a.m. for Pretoria.
Tinubu is to attend inauguration of re-elected South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The president will return to Nigeria after the ceremony.
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other dignitaries saw Tinubu off at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The president was transported in a Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft with registration number 9H-GRC.
Tinubu had arrived Lagos on Friday for the Eid-el Kabir festivities.
He had called on Nigerians to make sacrifices that would make the nation great. (NAN)