Nigeria's ailing president returns after three months in London for medical treatment
Muhammadu Buhari’s long absences have led some in Africa’s most populous nation to call for his replacement and for the military to remind its personnel to remain loyal
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country after more than three months in London for medical treatment but the government gave no details on what has been ailing him.
Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast Monday morning, his office said, referring to the president’s issues merely as a “health challenge”.
The 74-year-old leader also spent seven weeks in London for treatment earlier this year, saying he had never been so sick in his life. He spoke of receiving blood transfusions.
Buhari’s long absences have led some in Africa’s most populous nation to call for his replacement and for the military to remind its personnel to remain loyal. In recent weeks, his office released photos of officials meeting with the rail-thin but smiling president in the hopes of reassuring people back home.
Buhari did not make any comments upon his arrival in the capital, Abuja, stepping briskly from the plane and leaving in a motorcade after a salute from the presidential guard. Nigerians, some of them singing, lined the road to the airport to welcome him.
