Presidential aide Daniel Bwala has dismissed reports circulating on social media claiming that President Bola Tinubu traveled to France for medical treatment.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Bwala criticized the spread of misinformation online, saying, “Sometimes on social media, somebody will be tweeting, you don’t even know who the person is; it can be somebody who has mental health somewhere. You just see that information is coming out.”
“The president did not go to see a doctor; he’s on a working visit and we have been publishing his activities,” he added, stressing that the trip was for official purposes.
President Tinubu departed Nigeria on April 2, 2025, for a brief working visit to Paris, France, according to Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy.
A video released by the Presidency showed Tinubu exchanging pleasantries with senior government officials before boarding the presidential aircraft.
Onanuga explained that the trip would serve as a retreat for the president to assess the implementation of his administration’s ongoing reforms and strategize ahead of the second anniversary of his tenure.
Tinubu is scheduled to return to the country by April 16, 2025.
