To promote the Invictus Games, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have landed in Nigeria for their 72-hour visit.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took an overnight journey on British Airways to Abuja, arriving on Friday in the most populated country in Africa.

The planned pilot became ill, causing a short delay in the flight, and it was necessary to immediately arrange for a replacement.

General Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), invited Harry and Meghan to Nigeria so they could see injured troops. Air Vice Marshal Abidemi Marquis, Director of Sports at Defence Headquarters (DHQ), announced this on Thursday. According to Marquis, Harry, the creator of Invictus Games, would meet with injured troops and their families in Nigeria for three days. The visit, which is scheduled for May 10–13, 2024, will aid the injured troops' recuperation, according to the head of DHQ sports.

We discovered that eighty percent of our soldiers are improving as a result of their participation in our rehabilitation program. They have a cheerful view of life, according to AVM Marquis. They landed in Nigeria this morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, where they were greeted by a few Nigerian authorities shortly before five in the morning.

They were then led via a side entrance onto the jetty and onto a waiting van that had been completely blacked out.  After their voyage, they will rest since they will be exhausted, and the first engagement will take place at noon at Defence Headquarters, according to Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, a spokesman for the defense department. "They will then go to a military hospital in Kaduna to visit injured soldiers before going back to Abuja for additional engagements." The pair is traveling to Nigeria for the first time together.