He was welcomed by family and friends at the Port Harcourt International Airport before he headed for his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
Nigerians, however took to the social media, to welcome the former President back to the country.
Trending on twitter is the hashtag #GEJWhileYouWereAway, with Nigerians reporting activities that had happened in the country while he was away.
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See tweets below:
#GejWhileYouWereAway our economy was doing lai this lai that pic.twitter.com/vbrgwX0Fio
— Ugoo Gomez Nsude (@Gomeznsude) June 2, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway, .@TundeFashola slept snored and dreamt he was no longer Minister of Darkness. He was dreaming. pic.twitter.com/lBmhqpjPlL
— NIGERIA ⚡ (@AgorasBlog) June 2, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway. Nysc has been shifting Batch A stream2 PCM like unplanned show, after buyin ticket!! SMH
— INFINITY (@infinit911) June 2, 2016
@gntlman #GEJWhileYouWereAway
niger delta became war
front they arrested and
killed unarmed pro Biafrans
including Biafra day killing— Nwachukwu Victor (@Nwachukwu_vic2) June 2, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Amaechi sat on trains you bought, rode on tracks you built…the same ones he claimed were lies pic.twitter.com/1fqexFVpII
— SK – Sola Kuti (@SKSolaKuti) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Almost everyone that opposed Subsidy removal in 2012 & shaked their yansh at Ojota supported Buhari’s subsidy removal o
— Mr Stanley Nwabia (@MrStanleyNwabia) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway I rescued 2 chibok girls with 5 different names in Junior classes writing SSCE. pic.twitter.com/t4utUa7bqb
— Parosident Buhari (@TheMbuhari) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway APC changed their nomenclature to All Promises Cancelled.
Even the smallest of promises like #Our5K was discarded.
— iRadical (@RadicalYouthMan) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Bet9ja has become a way of life to supplement the salary.
— SON OF USENEKONG (@ikonemmanuel) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway this is what has been happening when one cooks with fresh tomatoes pic.twitter.com/oHuuVPP2kA
— Kemi Ariyo (@d_problemsolver) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Lie-More-Ahmed started an Institute of where people are trained to lie, You remember @Omojuwa? He’s a graduate there.
— Oyewole Michael (@Rolex7Michael) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway i had to postpone my Wedding because one bag of Rice is now N21,000 pic.twitter.com/YoTDKoyp33
— Rayberry(Akwa Ibom) (@Rayberry_NIG) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway tomatoes became a luxury commodity cos d govt. U handed over 2 is clueless about Tomato Ebola pic.twitter.com/ZKchMvhucz
— flashy prince (@flashyjack) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Rotimi Ameachi shamelessly rode on the train he swore u never bought today lookin all guilty.. pic.twitter.com/oTyHNXoalP
— Proud #GEJTrekkers (@IfeyChukuneku) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway #YouWiN is Now replaced wit Masquerade dressers pic.twitter.com/4Yt6qgCAcF
— OchinanWata 1 (@mr_ochonogor) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Turaki @atiku began 2 canvass for RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA because @MBuhari was already FAILING pic.twitter.com/fszKCYzVrN
— Prof Of Flashback (@ikennaasomba13) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway
Herdsmen came from Mauritius and attacked Enugu State— Dynamic PDP SM Team (@dynamicpdp) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway Buhari Appointed Dr Ngige Chris as overseer of Masquerade Commission pic.twitter.com/I5AJmaEaRi
— Tonye Barcanista (@TonyeBarcanista) June 1, 2016
#GEJWhileYouWereAway uncle Lai Mohammed blamed tomato ebola on Bokoharam. Thank God,he did not blame you this time.
— Pèpé Boy (@owoyelecharisma) June 1, 2016