A news report claims Buhari will be going for a second vacation this year to London. But an aide, Bashir Ahmad, debunks the report.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
President Muhammadu Buhari will not be departing to London for a three weeks vacation, announced Bashir Ahmad, aide on social media to Buhari.
A news report had quoted Femi Adesina in a statement, saying Buhari would be in London for 20 days.
London has been the abode of his doctors and has been seeing them to treat an undisclosed medical condition since he assumed office in 2015.
According to the statement which has been debunked, the President would return to the country after the vacation to commission some projects in Daura, his community.
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The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday today for a 20 day vacation trip. He is expected to return to Nigeria on May 10th, 2022.
“At the end of the visit, the President will be proceeding to his country home Daura where he will Commission developmental projects especially in the sector of education, healthcare and roads.”
But Ahmad said the report is fake. “The news going round that President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on a 20-day vacation trip to London is FAKE. The President is in Abuja and he is not planning to embark on any trip to London.”
TheNiche had reported that on March 6, the president departed Abuja for his medical check-up to London.
According to the presidency, he was expected to be in London for two weeks.
“President Buhari departs for medical check up in UK March 6th, 2022,” Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina, said while announcing the president’s departure at the time.