President Muhammadu Buhari is ill and may be flown abroad for treatment, sources within Aso Rock have told PREMIUM TIMES.
Buhari is said to have undergone treatment at the Presidential Villa for an infection called Meniere Disease in his left ear.
He suffers hearing impairment and routinely complained of severe pains and unusual sounds from the ear.
Plans were being made to fly him abroad for treatment, it was learnt.
The Presidency, however, denies this.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, sent a message to Qed.ng denying the report.
In a text message sent to this online newspaper, Adesina simply wrote “Not true. President okay.”
Speculation that 73-year-old Buhari had an ear infection began after he cancelled a working visit to Lagos in May.
The illness was also blamed for the last minute cancellation of other key engagements by the President.
Buhari, uncharacteristically, cancelled a series of official trips within and outside the country within two weeks and was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
A statement by the presidency on Friday said the vice president would again represent the President at the 48th Ordinary Summit of Head of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holding this weekend in Dakar, Senegal.
Buhari cancelled his much publicised visit to Lagos on May 23 due to “scheduling difficulties” and another to Port Harcourt, Rivers State to launch the cleanup of Ogoniland on Thursday, June 2.
The Lagos visit would have been the first by a sitting President in 15 years.
