Update on Yemi Osinbajo’s surgery, comments

Yemi Osinbajo

A cross section of Nigerians has hailed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s openness about his health status and his choice of medical care in a local hospital.

Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, had on Saturday evening tweeted that Osinbajo was in the hospital today for a surgical procedure.

He said that the surgery was on account of a recurrent pain in the leg possibly sustained from an injury while playing squash.

Medics in the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, afterwards confirmed that the procedure was successful.

Reacting to the news, some Nigerians went on social media to commend the vice president’s choice of a local hospital for a medical procedure and wished him quick recovery.