Uncertainty Over UK Trip As President Buhari Returns To Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday afternoon returned to Abuja from a three-day visit to Nairobi in Kenya where he participated in United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) 50th-anniversary event.

Buhari, who touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 1pm, was initially scheduled to proceed to London in the United Kingdom, for medical checks.

While in Kenya, the President participated in the Special Session to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nation’s body.

The President also met with Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Nairobi.

During the meeting, Buhari directed collaboration between the Ministries of Environment, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development and Power to combat desertification.

As at the time of filing this report, there was yet to be any update on what would become of his initial scheduled trip to the United Kingdom for a medical checkup.