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Buhari departs for London for medical check-up Monday

The president would proceed to London after his official engagement in Owerri.

• October 31, 2022
Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for London, United Kingdom, for routine medical check-up.

Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

The presidential aide revealed that the president would return to the country in the second week of November 2022.

The president, who departed Abuja for Owerri, Imo, after presiding over a meeting of the National Security Council in the State House, Abuja, would proceed to London after his official engagement in Owerri.

(NAN)

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