Buhari leaves for UK checkup as doctors threaten fresh strike
The President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday proceed to London for “a scheduled medical follow-up”.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Thursday in a statement titled, “President Buhari off to London, Friday for medical follow-up”.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up.
He is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021.
Recall that the President had on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, embarked on a medical trip to London for a routine medical checkup and returned two weeks later.
If the President had stayed in London for more than three weeks during his March trip, it would have been mandatory for him to hand over to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, as demanded by the constitution.
