President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to the United Kingdom for a medical checkup, OduNews reports.
Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, announced the imminent trip.
He said Buhari is expected back in the country in the second week of November.
Meanwhile, no prior information was provided to indicate that the trip was planned, as President Buhari had early in the day presided over an emergency National Security Council meeting in the State House, Abuja, Monday.
The President is attending the opening ceremony of the conference and retreat organised for Senior police officers in Owerri, Imo State.
The terse tweet by his spokesman said the President is expected back in the second week of November.