Nigeria’s Buhari to return home after sick leave in Britain, says presidency
Abuja — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will return on Saturday from medical leave in Britain where he has been since May 7, a presidential spokesman said. The presidency has not disclosed the precise nature of the 74-year-old’s ailment, which has led to speculation in Nigerian media and on social media about his illness and whether he will seek a second term by contesting the 2019 election. Buhari, who took office in May 2015, handed over power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, in his absence to allay concerns of a void at the helm of Africa’s biggest economy. "President Muhammadu Buhari returns to the country later today, after receiving medical attention in London," the president’s spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement on Saturday. "President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 6am GMT on Monday, August 21," he said. It was his second break for medical leave in Britain this year after a first that began in January and lasted nearly two months. Buhari r...
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