Buhari will depart for New York on Sunday, his spokesman
said in an emailed statement. It will be the first time he has left Nigeria
since returning on Aug. 19 from Britain, where he received treatment for an
unspecified ailment.
Spokesman Femi Adesina said Buhari would hold a lunch meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders, adding: “President Buhari will transit through London on his way back to the country.”
Buhari will be accompanied on the trip by cabinet ministers and the governors of three states. Adesina did not say whether Buhari would have medical treatment in London and declined a request to comment further. The refusal to disclose details of the president’s illness has caused speculation about whether the 74-year-old is well enough to run Africa’s most populous country and biggest economy.
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama told reporters at the United Nations in New York on Friday that Buhari was in “very good health” and “back to what he was before.” Buhari was in London on medical leave for two months from January, and again from May 7 to Aug. 19.
Dailytrust
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