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AFP
Abuja
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari needs 'further rest' so will extend his month-long medical stay in London, but there is 'no cause' for worry over his health, his office said Tuesday.
"During his normal annual checkup, tests showed he needed a longer period of rest, necessitating the president staying longer than originally planned," presidential spokesman Femi Adesina said in a statement.
"President Buhari wishes to reassure Nigerians that there is no cause for worry," he said.
The statement did not say how long the rest would last, and Adesina did not disclose the nature of Buhari's ailment.
"It is only the patient himself who can speak about what he is going through. This is the person going through these series of tests and rest and he says no cause to worry, let us believe that."
Buhari's health has been the subject of increasing concern in Nigeria since he extended his stay in London earlier this month just as he was scheduled to return to Abuja. The presidency has repeatedly insisted he is not seriously ill but awaiting the results of medical tests.
The 74-year-old former army general received treatment for what his office said was a persistent inner ear infection in London in June last year.
