President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his delegation to the United Kingdom have gone into isolation after returning to Abuja from the UK’s capital, London.
This was disclosed by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, over the weekend.
Shehu explained that the move was in accordance with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines for international travel.
It was, however, learnt that the decision was taken after President Buhari upon his arrival reportedly came in close contact with some officials of the Nigeria High Commission in London who have tested positive for coronavirus.
“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,” the presidential spokesperson told The Guardian.
The Nigerian High Commission in London has since been shut down to observe the mandatory ten days isolation of those who were in contact with the affected officials.
President Buhari had on July 26 travelled to London, United Kingdom to participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025.
He then stayed back to see his doctors for a medical check-up and subsequently returned to Nigeria on Friday.
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).
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