President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after weeks in London for medical consultation.

The presidential aircraft conveying the president and some of his aides landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4.45 p.m.

Those at the airport to welcome the president included the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammed Bello, and the National Security Adviser to the President, Babagana Monguno.

President Buhari had on March 30 departed Abuja for London, United Kingdom, for routine medical check-up.