President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for London to meet with his doctors.
The presidential aircraft conveying the President and a few of his aides took off from the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 3.20 p.m.
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello; the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, were among those at the airport to bid Buhari farewell.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had on Monday in a statement said Buhari would on Tuesday begin a four-day medical trip to the United Kingdom.
Shehu added that the President, who is expected back on 12 May, would undertake a two-day visit to Jigawa, which was postponed because of the All Progressives Congress’s Ward Congresses.
He said the visit would last between May 14 and May 15.
Before leaving Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari received Letters of Credence from ambassadors of the Netherlands, Republic of Botswana and Lebanon to Nigeria.
