President Bola Tinubu reportedly sent Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, in a London Hospital on Monday.
Former media aide to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, had earlier dismissed claims that the former Nigerian leader was critically ill and in the Intensive Care Unit.
He explained that Buhari was indeed ill but was on his way to recovery. He insisted that the situation was not as dire as widely reported.
According to The Cable, Shettima, who was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the invitation of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, to attend the official launch of the East African country’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), was directed by Tinubu to proceed to London to check on the former president.
The president asked Shettima to ascertain Buhari’s condition and ensure that he was supported to full recovery.
Sources who spoke to the aforementioned publication stated that Shettima flew Sunday night from Addis Ababa and arrived in London on Monday before proceeding to an unnamed hospital to deliver Tinubu’s message to Buhari.
Shettima’s media aide, Stanley Nkwocha, confirmed that his principal visited London but said he could not comment on the purpose as he was not privy to the vice president’s itinerary.