Exclusive: Buhari To Undergo Complicated Surgery To Remove Cancerous Tumour In UK Hospital

All is now set for President Muhammadu Buhari to undergo surgery for the removal of a mass in his body believed to be cancerous at Royal Brompton Hospital in the United Kingdom, SaharaReporters has gathered.

The hospital is situated at Sydney St, London SW3 6NP. Meanwhile, sources said even though the procedure will keep President Buhari away for at least two weeks, he refused to hand over to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Mass in medicine is a lump in the body. It may be caused by the abnormal growth of cells, a cyst, hormonal changes, or an immune reaction.

Also known as tumours, they can start in any one of the trillions of cells in our bodies.

They grow and behave differently, depending on whether they are cancerous (malignant), non-cancerous (benign) or precancerous.

When cancer cells form a lump or growth, it is called a cancerous tumour. A tumour is cancerous when it grows into nearby tissues or has cells that can break away and travel through the blood or lymphatic system and spread to lymph nodes and distant parts of the body.

A Presidential source on Monday told SaharaReporters that Buhari is expected to undergo a complicated surgical procedure in the UK hospital to take out the tumour and some of the healthy tissues near it.

Presidency Confirms SaharaReporters' Story As Buhari Departs For UK Monday To See Doctors

“Our principal, President Buhari is to undergo a complicated surgical procedure in the UK. Meanwhile, the procedure is more complicated than being revealed by Femi Adesina and other presidential aides,” the presidential source said.

“It is a procedure to remove a mass inside his body believed to be cancerous, and it will be done at Royal Brompton Hospital.

“He will be gone for two weeks but could stay longer. He had earlier pushed the treatment till further notice but his doctors warned him to do it now or die. Unfortunately, he refused to hand over to Vice President Osinbajo as usual.”

SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that Buhari who recently travelled to Seoul, South Korea on a five-day official visit would also be going to London, where he would be seeing his doctors.

“President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea on a 5-day official visit to the Asian country,” a source had said.

“The President who wanted to visit Doha, Qatar last month but was snubbed by the Qatari leader is poised to go on a merry-go-round around the world between now and his eagerly awaited exit from power in about 7 months.

“From Seoul, Buhari will proceed to London where he is scheduled to undergo a medical procedure at the Royal Brompton Hospital situated at Sydney St, London SW3 6NP, between November 1 and 2, 2022.”

Confirming the report on Monday, the Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on his Twitter account said the President would be going for a medical checkup in London and would be back in Nigeria in the second week of November.

Adesina said, “President Buhari leaves for London October 31, 2022, for routine medical checkup. He returns to the country 2nd week of November, 2022.”

This is despite the rising tension and apprehension in the country, especially in Abuja over the terror alerts issued by the US, UK and Canadian commissions.

Buhari’s trip comes a few months after Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar declined a request by the Nigerian President to visit the country.

Al Thani holds the most powerful position in the country and has a prominent role in foreign relations.

The Nigerian government had proposed September 11 and 12, 2022 for Buhari to visit the country but the Emir in a note verbale exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters said the dates were not suitable for him and asked for other dates in 2023.

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Source: SaharaReporters