Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that an ailing former vice-president, Alex Ekwueme, be immediately flown abroad for treatment.
A November 3, 2017 press release signed by Garba Shehu, an assistant on media and publicity read in part: “The approval followed a brief the President received Friday on the medical condition of the former Vice-president.
“The approval covers the immediate charter of an air ambulance for the emergency movement and cost of treatment.”
The 85-year-old was Nigeria’s fifth vice-president, was taken to hospital after reportedly collapsing at his Enugu residence. He is said to be in a coma and family have maintained he will be under close medical attention.
Ekwueme, who served as Nigerian vice-president between 1979 to 1983 under the government of Shehu Shagari.
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