Buhari returns from London, says I'm fit
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday returned to Nigeria after a
14-day vacation in the United Kingdom where he also treated his ear
infection.
The president and his entourage landed at the Presidential Wing of
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja about 5.30pm to the
warm embrace of some senior Presidency officials, service chiefs and
cabinet members.
Buhari was also received by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum
and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, Kogi State Governor,
Yahaya Bello, and a few federal lawmakers.
The brief arrival ceremonies for the President included his
inspection of a guard of honour mounted by officers and men of the
Brigade of Guards, Abuja, the special army unit detailed to protect the
Nigerian president.
Entertaining questions from journalists who asked after his health,
Buhari replied: “You saw me when I was going and you saw me when I came
back, you can access the situation yourself. I’m ok, you have seen me
inspecting the guards of honour.”
Responding thereafter to a question asked him in Hausa language about
how he was feeling, the President in a jocular response to the
journalist said: “Do you want to wrestle me? You can see I am taller
than you.”
Before the presidential motorcade left the airport for Aso Rock Villa,
Buhar’s Spokesman, Femi Adesina, reiterated his earlier position in a
press interview that the President did not go on medical vacation but
merely followed the piece of advice of his Nigerian physician to see an
Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) medical specialist while vacationing in
London.
Adesina further confirmed that Buhari would resume official duties at the Villa on Monday.
Buhari initially went on a 10-day vacation but it was extended for
another five days to have him rest for a few more days before resuming
for work.
Also speaking to journalists, the Zamfara State governor said, “it is a
good thing that the President went on break and returned to meet his
people hale and hearty”.
This is Buhari’s second vacation since he assumed office as President
on May 29, 2015, having spent his first vacation from February 5th -
10th 2016, also in London.
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