Ailing Ekwueme flown abroad
Ailing Second Republic Vice-President Alex Ekwueme has been flown abroad for further medical attention.
The documentation of his travelling documents were completed on Friday, according to a family source.
It was learnt that Ekwueme was flown out in a chattered ambulance with registration number N605AJ through the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
The destination of the flight which took off at about 8.30am yesterday was not disclosed.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on November 3 approved the movement of the former Vice-President abroad.
Ekwueme, on October 29, collapsed in his house at Independence Layout, Enugu.
He was admitted at the Memphys Hospital, Enugu’s Intensive Care Unit at the Neurosurgery section.
|The Nation
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