- President Buhari reportedly has a terrible cough that has persisted longer than the ear infection.
There are indications that the president Muhammadu Buhari may extend the 10 day vacation to London to treat an ear infection.
Sahara reporters reported that the president also has a terrible cough that has persisted longer than the ear infection & also needs to be examined for that.
Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said there are about 10 persons on Buhari's team to London. This includes his ( Buhari ) physician Dr Sanusi Rafindadi & another medical consultant the source said.
Other members of the team includes his aide de camp, Lt Colonel Mohammed Lawal Abubakar, the state chief of protocol (SCOP) Lawal Kazaure, the chief security officer ( CSO) his personal assistant & a cook.
According to the source Buhari will reside in Abuja house, the official residence of the Nigerian high commissioner to the United kingdom.
The source also added that the president is expected to remain in outpatient care in the days following his medical visit, which suggests that surgery is on the cards for Buhari.
Buhari departed on a 10 day trip to London on Monday, the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina said his boss has a persistent ear infection which has been examined & treated by his personal physician & an E.N.T specialist in Abuja but they recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution.
The presidency has maintained that Buhari is not ill, saying it was wrong for people to refer to his ear infection as illness.
The people's democratic party was first to publicize the alleged illness of the president, the party claimed that Buhari is likely to be flown for medical treatment abroad on the guise of a foreign trip.
Source: naij.com
