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Nov 3, 2017: President Muhammadu Buhari has directed former Vice President Alex Ekwueme be immediately flown abroad for urgent medical treatment, the presidency said Friday.\u00a0 Mr. Buhari authorised the trip after being briefed on Mr. Ekwueme\u2019s condition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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The former vice president, who turned 85 in October, reportedly collapsed in his Enugu residence on Sunday.\u00a0On Monday, his family said in a statement that the former leader\u2019s health was stable.<\/p>\n

Mr. Buhari\u2019s directive covers \u201cthe immediate charter of an Air Ambulance for the emergency movement and the cost of treatment\u201d, a statement signed by spokesperson Garba Shehu said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Buhari \u201cprays that God will grant the elder statesman speedy recovery\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nov 3, 2017: President Muhammadu Buhari has directed former Vice President Alex Ekwueme be immediately flown abroad for urgent medical treatment, the presidency said Friday.\u00a0 Mr. Buhari authorised the trip after being briefed on Mr. Ekwueme\u2019s condition. The former vice president, who turned 85 in October, reportedly collapsed in his Enugu residence on Sunday.\u00a0On Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMedical Tourism: Buhari orders Ekwueme be flown abroad for immediate medical treatment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/medical-tourism-buhari-orders-ekwueme-be-flown-abroad-for-immediate-medical-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medical Tourism: Buhari orders Ekwueme be flown abroad for immediate medical treatment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nov 3, 2017: President Muhammadu Buhari has directed former Vice President Alex Ekwueme be immediately flown abroad for urgent medical treatment, the presidency said Friday.\u00a0 Mr. Buhari authorised the trip after being briefed on Mr. Ekwueme\u2019s condition. 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