{"id":9993,"date":"2017-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=f1d7467cdfef449253499362f952807a"},"modified":"2017-07-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T00:00:00","slug":"acting-president-nigerias-leader-to-return-very-shortly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/acting-president-nigerias-leader-to-return-very-shortly\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting President: Nigeria’s Leader to Return ‘Very Shortly’"},"content":{"rendered":"
ABUJA \ufffd <\/P>
Nigeria’s acting leader says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return “very shortly” after more than two months in London for medical issues as concerns grow about his health.<\/P>
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo spoke to reporters on Wednesday, a day after meeting with Buhari.<\/P>
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The acting president says Buhari was in “very good spirits” and “recuperating very quickly.” They spoke for about an hour.<\/P>
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Osinbajo did not give other details about the health of the 74-year-old Buhari, who left for London on May 7.<\/P>
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Buhari also spent nearly seven weeks in London earlier this year for medical issues and later said he had never so sick in his life.<\/P>
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His absence has caused some in Africa’s most populous country to call for his replacement. His four-year term ends in 2019.<\/P>
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Source: Voice of America<\/P>
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ABUJA � <\/p>\n
Nigeria’s acting leader says President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return “very shortly” after more than two months in London for medical issues as concerns grow about his health.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo spoke to reporters on Wednesday, a day after meeting with Buhari.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The acting president says Buhari was in “very good spirits” and “recuperating very quickly.” They spoke for about an hour.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Osinbajo did not give other details about the health of the 74-year-old Buhari, who left for London on May 7.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Buhari also spent nearly seven weeks in London earlier this year for medical issues and later said he had never so sick in his life.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
His absence has caused some in Africa’s most populous country to call for his replacement. His four-year term ends in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Voice of America<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n