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Nigerian governor denies president's alleged medical trip to Germany

Xinhua, October 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

A governor in Nigeria Sunday dismissed the assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari's three-day visit to Germany was more of a medical trip than official engagements.

Rochas Okorocha, governor of Southeast Imo State who stated this to reporters in Abuja, debunked the allegation, saying that the official engagements of Buhari in Germany, had no connection, whatsoever, with medication.

The governor was part of the president's entourage to Berlin, Germany and was reacting to media interview granted by a local social commentator, Junaid Muhaamed.

Muhammed had alleged that Buhari visited Germany on Friday to seek medical attention over an undisclosed illness.

Okorocha said the visit to Germany only ended on a compassionate note on Saturday, with the president's convoy veering off its way back to the airport in Berlin to visit a Nigerian military officer receiving treatment in a hospital there.

Garba Shehu, the President's Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, had on Saturday said Buhari visited a Nigerian military officer receiving treatment there as he rounded off his three-day official visit to Germany.

The officer, Brig.-Gen. Sani Aliyu, the Acting Commander of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, survived a ghastly road accident while on a duty tour in the North-East on March 8, 2016. Endit