Buhari to spend additional week in London for dentist appointment

At the behest of his dentist, who has started attending to him, President Muhammadu Buhari will be in London, United Kingdom, for an additional week.

The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement.

According to Adesina, the dentist requires to see the president in another five days for a procedure already commenced.

Recall that President Buhari joined other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles lll on May 6, 2023.

While in London, President Buhari described Nigeria’s democracy as maturing, expressing satisfaction with the conduct of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, which he noted has left lessons to be learnt to better subsequent polls.

Addressing his colleagues at the Commonwealth Leaders’ Summit as part of the major events leading to the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III as King of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Commonwealth, the President told the summit that the elections saw a remarkable turnout of voters, and despite some pockets of violence, the people demonstrated that a government can be elected peacefully and fairly.

President Buhari further highlighted the key role Nigerian youths played during the elections as well as in support of national development.

He attributed a great part of this youth participation in the General Elections to the assent of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill signed into law by his administration in 2018.