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1982, Lagos: George Bush and Ekwueme
US Vice President George H.W. Bush and Nigerian Vice President Alex Ekwueme at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos in November 1982 with Air Force 2 in the background.
According to this Washington Post article Vice President Bush was in Nigeria for discussions about Namibia’s independence from South Africa, the core issue from the protracted Namibian War for Independence.
Source: US Secret Service
A Debo Adetula post for Nigerian Nostalgia Project 1981-2000.
Now you know.
Am re-doing this cos someone said it never happened.
George H. W. Bush eventually became the 43rd US Vice President in 1981 and the 41st US President in 1989 and is the only CIA director to serve in either office.