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Ex-President, Buhari Returns To Katsina After Spending Weeks In London For Medical Treatment

FILE
July 10, 2023

It was learnt that Buhari arrived at the Katsina International Airport and was received by his aides and some officials of the Katsina State Government.

 

The immediate past Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, returned on Monday to his country home, Daura, Katsina State, after a medical tour in London, United Kingdom.

It was learnt that Buhari arrived at the Katsina International Airport and was received by his aides and some officials of the Katsina State Government.

Recall that Buhari, who has been in London for the past few weeks on vacation, left the country days after leaving office on May 29.

While in London, the former president hosted his successor, Bola Tinubu, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.

SaharaReproters had exclusively reported that Buhari was spotted in a London hospital looking “pale” and “sickly”.
Sources said they spotted the former Nigerian leader at the Wellington Hospital in London, United Kingdom last Thursday.

“Buhari was spotted at Wellington Hospital in London; he looked pale and sickly. He was requested to take an MRI for an undisclosed ailment,” one of the sources had said.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a type of scan that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce clear and detailed images of the organs and structures inside of the body.

The Wellington Hospital is widely regarded as the largest private hospital in the United Kingdom. On its LinkedIn page, the hospital says it has four decades of experience providing private healthcare in some of the most complex areas of medicine and offers specialist support in neurosurgery, spinal surgery and orthopaedics.

SaharaReporters learnt that the hospital comprises a South Building, a North Building and a Diagnostics and Outpatients Centre along with the Platinum Medical Centre, which specialises in oncology.
The hospital is part of the HCA Healthcare group – an American company.

On June 20, SaharaReporters exclusively reported that former President Buhari, his “powerful” nephew, Mamman Daura and his private secretary, Sabiu “Tunde” Yusuf, had also left Nigeria for the UK.

SaharaReporters learnt that the three men, who once controlled cabals in the Presidential Villa, left the country in a private jet provided by billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.