Buhari not on London medical trip, still in Abuja — aide

The Personal Assistant to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmad has disclosed that the President was not on a medical trip to London.

The statement came in a tweet following a news report in the media (NOT PUNCH) that Buhari had embarked on a 20-day medical trip to London, where the President usually gets medical treatment.

Ahmad stated that the news was fake and that the President was not planning any medical trip to the United Kingdom.

Ahmad wrote, “The news going round that President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on a 20-day vacation trip to London is FAKE. The President is in Abuja and he is not planning to embark on any trip to London.”