MEDICAL TRIP: PRESIDENT BUHARI OPENS UP ON THE STATUS OF HIS HEALTH
MEDICAL
TRIP: PRESIDENT BUHARI OPENS UP ON THE STATUS OF HIS HEALTH
President Muhammadu
Buhari on his arrival at the airport in Abuja yesterday revealed that he is in
good health.
The President’s aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Friday by 7:00 pm after a three-day medical trip to London, United Kingdom.
The President’s aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Friday by 7:00 pm after a three-day medical trip to London, United Kingdom.
When asked by journalists why he returned earlier than expected,
the President said; “It is not earlier than
expected. I just went for a further medical check-up and I am alright, thank
you,”
In a tweet announcing his departure, President Buhari on Monday
said, “I will be travelling to the United Kingdom tomorrow, to see my
doctor, at his request. Will be away for four days; back in Abuja on Saturday,
May 12.”
His Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had said the President would return on
Saturday but he returned back to the country a day earlier.
Using his official
Twitter handle @MBuhari, the President also announced his returned to the
country.
“President is back in
Abuja. He arrived this evening from London,”the presidency wrote on its Twitter
account.
Buhari, who last year
spent some five months receiving treatment in the British capital, had left on
Tuesday to see his doctor.