Buhari To Embark On Medical Trip To London

Presidency has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday embark on a routine medical check-up trip to London, the United Kingdom.

The development was announced in a statement issued on Monday night by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

Before departing the country for UK, President Buhari would meet with the security chiefs in the morning.

He is expected back in Nigeria during the second week of April 2021.
Read the full statement below:

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT BUHARI BILLED FOR ROUTINE MEDICAL CHECK-UP IN LONDON

President Muhammadu Buhari proceeds to London, the United Kingdom, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, for a routine medical check-up.

The President meets with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he embarks on the journey.

He is due back in the country during the second week of April 2021.

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity)

March 29, 2021

President Buhari’s last trip out of the country was in July 2020 to Bamako in Mali for peacekeeping mission, an action which was greeted by criticism from many Nigerians, who slammed him to ignoring insecurity challenges in the country but attending to crisis in another country.