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Buhari Returns To Nigeria After UK Vacation And Medicals; To Embark On Three-Nation Tour Of Egypt, Saudi Arabia And Qatar

President Muhammadu Buhari is on his way back to Nigeria from the United Kingdom following an abrupt five-day vacation he began in London last week.  

SaharaReporters sources said his Presidential jet departed London for Abuja at exactly 13.45hrs GMT.

The President had abruptly embarked on the vacation after participating in a Syria donor conference in London.  

SaharaReporters reported that that his handlers had merely inserted him into the Syria conference as a cover for a medical visit to his doctors.  It is unclear why his healthcare is shrouded in secrecy.

The President stayed at an apartment in the Knightsbridge area of London, but sent the bulk of his aides back to Nigeria.  Our sources say that following meetings with his doctors over two days, he rested in the apartment until today.  

Since leaving Nigeria, there have been speculations about his being  sighted in Saudi Arabi, but SaharaReporters can confirm that the President did not leave London until today.

He is expected to be in Nigeria for the next two weeks, but will resume his foreign tour on February 24, if everything goes as planned, with a three-nation state visit to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

While in Saudi Arabia, President Buhari is expected to perform the Umrah, as well as visit Makka and Madina.