President Muhammadu Buhari has ended his five-day vacation and is on his way back to Nigeria from the United Kingdom.
According to sources, he departed London for Abuja at exactly 13.45hrs GMT.
The President had embarked on the vacation after participating in a Syria donor conference in London. It was gathered that that his handlers had merely inserted him into the Syria conference as a cover for a medical visit to his doctors. It is unclear why his healthcare is shrouded in secrecy.
The President stayed at an apartment in the Knightsbridge area of London, but sent the bulk of his aides back to Nigeria. It was learnt that following meetings with his doctors over two days, he rested in the apartment until today.
He is expected to be in Nigeria for the next two weeks, but will resume his foreign tour on February 24, if everything goes as planned, with a three-nation state visit to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
While in Saudi Arabia, President Buhari is expected to perform the Umrah, as well as visit Makka and Madina.
It will be recalled that President Buhari, as informed by his special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, notified that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would perform the functions of the number one citizen.
The presidential aide said in compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, Buhari had dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.