By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated Dr. Olagunju Ogunbiyi, the distinguished Nigerian Consultant Surgeon on his discharge from hospital in London after recovering from COVID-19.
A statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said Dr. Ogunbiyi, who has taught several generations of UK doctors and is an eminent surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, one of London’s leading reference hospitals, was under care for two and a half weeks and is now completely recovered.
“A hospital source said Dr. Ogunbiyi was “irreplaceable” – such was the regard he was held in the UK healthcare community.
“President Buhari on behalf of all Nigerians wished Dr. Ogunbiyi quick recuperation and early return to work,” Shehu said.
Meanwhile, the president has also expressed condolences over the death of Abubakar Shehu Lemu, the eldest son of Sheik Ahmed Lemu
The late Abubakar, a retired director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, died following a protracted illness.
In the message on behalf of his family, President Buhari told Sheikh Lemu that he “deeply felt the family’s pain,” adding that “I know what you must be feeling having lost the most senior of your children.”
The President also condoled with the entire people of Niger State “following this irreparable loss.”
President Buhari prayed to Allah to ease the pain of the Lemu family and grant His mercy and forgiveness to the late Abubakar Lemu.
