- Title: NIGERIA: FORMER NIGERIAN MILITARY RULER YAKUBU GOWON RETURNS FROM EXILE.
- Date: 6th December 1983
- Summary: 1. GV EXTERIOR Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, ZOOM OUT TO crowd waiting. 0.08 2. SV INTERIOR General Yakubu Gowon with aides in arrival lounge. 0.38 3. SCU General Gowon speaking at press conference. (English SOT) 1.55 4. GV General Gowon leaving in car amid cheering crowds. 2.05 TRANSCRIPT: GOWON: (SEQ 3) "This will be a very short visit. As you no doubt know, I'm still engaged in my academic work in England and I have to be back as early as possible to present my thesis. This is the first opportunity I have had to publicly express my sincere thanks to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Shehu Shagari, for making it possible for me to return home. On behalf of my family and myself I would like to thank the committee of friends but for whose generosity it may have been difficult for us to be here at this time, and I'm very grateful to all of you for the reception you've just given me. So may I to you express my thanks and gratitude to the people of Nigeria for the welcome you've given me starting from here. Thank you all very much indeed." Initials CC/JRS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LAGOS, NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
- Reuters ID: LVABJZT5JNJ8FKSUO5VYKTCFJJE8
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