President Buhari approves the immediate treatment of Alex Ekwueme outside the country

President Muhammadu Bubari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country.

In a statement released by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, the approval followed a brief the President received today on the medical condition of the former

Vice-President.

The approval covers the immediate charter of an Air Ambulance for the emergency movement and the cost of treatment. President Buhari prays that God will grant the elder statesman speedy recovery.