- President Muhammadu Buhari has been in London since May when he returned for medical reasons
- There has been different versions to his possible return to the country with some saying he would soon be back
- Some staff and security operatives in Aso Rock have been placed on standby ahead of the president's possible arrival
Indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will be arriving from London where he has been on medical ground have emerged.
This is as Aso Rock Villa has reportedly prepared its staff for the president’s return, as reported by Daily Trust.
The report said family members of the president who were with him have returned. The security aides of Aisha, his wife, have also returned to Nigeria.
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The report quoted an aide to Aisha as revealing that Buhari might return on Wednesday, August 2.
“The information just reached me now from the wife of the president that everything is set for the return of Mr President to Nigeria.
“Already, some of the president’s family members and security aides of madam (Aisha Buhari) have just returned from London.
“The wife of the president may either leave London on Wednesday or decide to come home with the president anytime soon.
“We have been told to be on standby because Mr President is returning any time soon this week,” the aide said.
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NAIJ.com learnt that some staff and security operatives reportedly got a directive on Monday, July 31 asking that they should be on standby for the president’s return.
“We were only instructed to be ready for the return of the president at any moment. No specific date has been mentioned to us,” one of the staff said but added that no specific sate was given.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that one of the state governors who was among the delegation that recently visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Abuja House in London has dismissed hopes of the president’s immediate return.
The governor whose identity was not revealed, told This Day on Monday, July 31 that President Buhari needed to stay back and be fit enough before returning to the country.
Watch this video of the reactions that greeted the President's return to London in May: