{"id":69619,"date":"2025-07-03T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69619"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:11:09","slug":"former-president-buhari-hospitalised-in-london-amid-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/03\/former-president-buhari-hospitalised-in-london-amid-health-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Buhari Hospitalised in London Amid Health Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been quietly receiving medical treatment in London since April, sources close to his family have revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Initially described as a routine medical check-up, the trip reportedly took a more serious turn, leading to his full admission into a medical facility in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>While the exact nature of his illness and the name of the hospital remain undisclosed, sources say the condition required extended care and close monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Garba Shehu, Buhari\u2019s longtime spokesperson, confirmed the development.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that although the former president had travelled for his routine annual check-up, he fell ill shortly after arriving in the UK. Shehu, however, assured the public that Buhari is responding well to treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to your inquiry, yes, it is true that former President Muhammadu Buhari is currently unwell and receiving medical care in the UK,\u201d Shehu said. \u201cHe had travelled for his routine medical examination but took ill during the visit. Thankfully, he is recovering well, and we continue to pray for his full restoration to health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buhari\u2019s medical history has been a consistent subject of public interest. During his presidency from 2015 to 2023, he made several prolonged medical visits to London.<\/p>\n<p>His first recorded trip was in February 2016, followed by treatment for an ear infection in June of the same year. In 2017, he spent 50 days in the UK between January and March, and later returned in May for a 104-day stay, sparking widespread debate about his health and capacity to govern.<\/p>\n<p>While the latest health episode has renewed concerns about his long-term medical condition, Buhari\u2019s aides maintain that he is stable and under expert care.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, there has been no official statement from the presidency on the matter, but the development has triggered mixed reactions among Nigerians, many of whom recall the significant time he spent abroad for health reasons while in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; Former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has been quietly receiving medical treatment in London since April, sources close to his family have revealed. Initially described as a routine medical check-up, the trip reportedly took a more serious turn, leading to his full admission into a medical facility in the United Kingdom. While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69621,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69619\/revisions\/69621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}