President Muhammadu Buhari has been diagnosed with cancer, according to sources at the London hospital where he reportedly underwent medical check-up. The Nigerian leader arrived in London on Monday, June 6, 2016 on a 10-day vacation, his spokesman, Femi Adesina announcing a day in advance: \u201cDuring the holiday, he will see an E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection. The president was examined by his Personal Physician and an E.N.T Specialist in Abuja and was treated. Both Nigerian doctors recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution.\u201d A source told News Express this morning, \u201cPresident Buhari went for check-up hours after he arrived in London. The hospital has discovered the cause of Mr President\u2019s illness to be cancer of the ear and brain. Let us start praying.\u201d The source, who is well connected in government circles, gave the name of the hospital as Royal Hospital London. He said he was given the information by medical sources at the hospital who have been his longtime friends. Just yesterday the news filtered in that Buhari has also been battling \u201ca terrible cough\u201d and may need to spend more than 10 days in London to enable him seek adequate medical treatment. Mr. Adesina, however, continues to insist that the President \u201cis fit as a fiddle.<\/p>\n
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