BREAKING: President Buhari Returns to Nigeria After Meeting Dentist in UK

BREAKING: President Buhari Returns to Nigeria After Meeting Dentist in UK

  • President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after spending 2 weeks in the United Kingdom
  • The president had attended the coronation of King Charles III in the UK, and his Queen, Consort, Camilla, in the United Kingdom
  • Buhari was scheduled to return to Nigeria within the week but a rescheduled plan was announced by the presidency over planned that the president will need to meet with his dentist

FCT, Abuja - President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after meeting his dentist in the United Kingdom following King Charles' Coronation.

The president arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 4:45pm, on Tuesday, May 16, returning from London, The Leadership reported.

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President Buhari returns to Nigeria after 2 weeks in UK Photo Credit: @channelstv
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Recall that Buhari left Nigeria on May 3 to the United Kingdom to take part in the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and his Queen Consort, Camilla, of the United Kingdom.

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Initially, the president was scheduled to return to the seat of power within the week but he was, however, rescheduled to return to Nigeria for another week as he was said to have planned to meet with his dentist for dental procedures.

Announcing the president's extension of stay in the UK, Femi Adesina, in a statement, announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will spend an extra week in the United Kingdom at the request of his dentist, who has already started attending to him.

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The statement partly reads:

“The Specialist requires to see the President in another five days for a procedure already commenced."

It further reiterated that President Buhari had joined other world leader to witness the coronation of King Charles III.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the CBN, has landed in another trouble, and Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state insisted that he must not be granted any study leave.

Matawalle, the leader of the APC in Zamfara state, officially demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari must not grant Emefiele's request in statement.

The governor said Emefiele must stay on his job and give an account of all that happened as the governor of the CBN.

Source: Legit.ng

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