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Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuf and Senate Leader, Senator Ahmed Lawan on Wednesday travelled to London to visit President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on medical vacation.
According to Voice of Nigeria (VON), Special Adviser on Media to Saraki, Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, confirmed the trip via telephone on Wednesday in Abuja.
Announcing the trip, he said “what other confirmation do you need when it is everywhere in the media’’.
Olaniyonu, who did not give details, added “if you like, you can wait for the official statement’’.
It would be recalled that Saraki had, through his twitter handle on February 9 stated that he spoke with Buhari.
He said the president was in good spirit contrary to insinuations in some quarters that he was in a critical condition.
There have been speculations and insinuations on the state of health of the president since he proceeded on a 10-day vacation to the United Kingdom on January 19.