Breaking: Nigeria’s President Buhari to visit the UK for medical check-up

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday travel to London, UK, for a medical check-up according to statement from the Presidency.

The Special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina said the trip is strictly “routine”.

Since assumption into office, the President frequents the United Kingdom for medical treatments but since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, this is the first time he will be embarking on such trips.

“President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, for a routine medical check-up; Mr. Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, has announced.

“Before his departure, Buhari will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, then, head to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for the journey.

“The President is due back in the country during the second week of April, 2021,” the statement read.

More details to follow..