Date of President Buhari’s return to London remains uncertain – Presidency

The presidency has confirmed that President Muhammdu Buhari would return to London for further medical treatment but remains uncertain on date of return.

The presidency has said President Buhari had notified people that he will need to go back to London for more medical treatment.

However, the presidency noted that though the actual date remained indeterminate, that the decision would only be determined by the President and his doctors.

The presidential senior special assistant on media, Garba Shehu, revealed this in an interview with Arise News Network on Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Abuja.

Garba stated that the president had indicated that he will need to go back, which he refer to as normal.

He said: “Our colleagues who were with him there – the pressure on them – everybody wanted to see the president, rulers, traditional rulers, chiefs, ministers, governors, everyone wanted to go to London and see the president and the denial of that access, which was on the advice of doctors, placed them under considerable pressure.”

Talking about conflicting reports on the president’s illness, the president aide said: “You don’t say what you don’t know, that is one.

“Two, matters of medical disclosure are extremely private. In the course of the process, Femi Adesina got a long note from the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, describing what disclosure would mean in medical science.”