March 04, (THEWILL) – The Presidency on Friday, clarified that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to London for his scheduled medical check-up.
Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said President Buhari has not cancelled his medical trip to London, but only made an early return after his Kenya trip.
THEWILL reports that the President arrived in Abuja on Friday, after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in Nairobi, Kenya.
President Buhari had initially planned to proceed to London after the UNEP meeting in Nairobi, for medical check-up,
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had announced the medical trip in a statement issued earlier in the week.
“From Kenya, President Buhari will proceed to London for routine medical checks that will last for a maximum of two weeks”, Adesina had said.
Making clarifications on the controversy over the aborted trip, Shehu told Daily Trust that the President is still set to travel on Sunday for his medical trip to London.
He said, “No, he hasn’t shelved his trip to London. The plan is still there. He finished his business in Kenya and made an early return. The trip to London is Sunday.”
