President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his planned medical trip to London, United Kingdom.
It would be recalled that the planned trip scheduled for Friday was to allow Buhari embark on a follow-up medical check-up.
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However, Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina in a Facebook post on Friday afternoon said the trip has been postponed but did not disclose any reason for the decision.
A terse statement by Adesina reads;
The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed. a new date will be announced in due course.
The new development comes over 2 months after he returned from London after a routine medical check-up.
Buhari arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on April 15 and was received by cabinet members.
However, Buhari’s visit was however marred with #HarassBuhariOutOfLondon protest organised byReno Omokri, an ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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A counter-protest or a solidarity protest was soon organised in support of the Nigerian president in what could be described as absurd drama.
Buhari has been criticised for his medical trips abroad despite the state house clinic receiving an allocation of N6.4 billion since 2016.
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According to PeoplesGazette, since the President came into power in 2015, he has spent more than 175 days in London on medical leave.
