President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme outside the country.
The approval followed a brief the President received Friday on the medical condition of the 85-year-old who went into coma after collapsing at his home in Enugu last weekend.
Ekwueme had been receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State.
A statement by presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, on Friday said Buhari’s 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,” the statement concluded.
