Buhari leaves for medical check-up in London

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to leave the country for London, United Kingdom for a routine medical check-up.

His trip which was confirmed in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, came after he presided over an emergency National Security Council meeting in the early hours of Monday.

Buhari is expected back in the country in the second week of November. The statement read;

“President Muhammadu Buhari leaves for London, United Kingdom, October 31, 2022, for routine medical check-up.

“He returns to the country in the second week of November 2022.”

This is President Muhammadu Buhari’s first medical checkup since March 2022 when he also traveled to the UK for the same purpose.