Retraction: Buhari’s son yet to be flown abroad

TheCable hereby retracts its report, “Buhari’s son flown abroad for treatment over head injury”, and tenders an unqualified apology for the misinformation.

The reporter who filed the misleading report has also tendered his resignation, which has been accepted by the management.

The details contained in the report were actually the evacuation plan put in place by the management of the Cedacrest Hospital, Abuja, in the event that Yusuf Buhari is stable enough to travel to Germany for specialist care as suggested by some family members.

The plan included flying him out in an air ambulance under the care of a Nigerian doctor and paramedics.

An orthopaedic consultant with specialisation in head injuries was also to be on the flight to monitor his progress.

However, his condition needed to be very stable before he could be subjected to a six-hour flight to Germany.

Aside a broken limb, he also suffered head injuries.

His friends, family members — notably his sisters — and politicians as well as other dignitaries have been visiting the hospital in Abuja to check on him.

We have since deleted the report and hereby take full responsibility for the inaccuracy.

Also, we wish to reiterate that we take our professional responsibilities very seriously and will continue to improve on our reporting standards.