ABUJA,
Nigeria — President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, who has urged politicians not
to go abroad to seek medical care, has traveled to Britain on his fifth
official trip to see a doctor there.
official trip to see a doctor there.
Mr. Buhari,
75, left for London on Monday for a four-day visit, setting off renewed
concerns about his health. His trip also comes after three weeks of strikes by
health care professionals who are calling for better working conditions and
more funding.
For nearly
two years, Mr. Buhari has been receiving treatment for an unspecified illness,
which he has repeatedly refused to discuss.
The
president is scheduled to return to Nigeria on Saturday, at which point he will
have spent more than 170 days in London on official medical leave since
becoming president in 2015.
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