President Muhammadu Buhari as well as members of his delegation have gone into isolation after a two-week trip to London, UK.
This was confirmed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Sunday.
He explained that the move was in accordance with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines for international travel.
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According to Mallam Shehu, “Mr President and all of those on his delegation will isolate in line with NCDC guidelines for international travel. They all tested yesterday (Friday) and will follow up with another test in due course.”
This is coming after The Nigerian High Commission in London was shut down for 10 days in observation which is required from the authorities in the United Kingdom and isolation for those who were in contact with the affected officials.
Members of the President’s delegation to the UK included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Munguno (retired).
President Buhari returned to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Friday, after a trip to the United Kingdom, during which he saw his doctors.
The President left Nigeria on July 26 and stayed back in the United Kingdom for a medical check-up after he had participated in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPR) 2021-2025
