Saturday, the vice president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, underwent successful surgery on his femur at the Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, according to his doctors.
Earlier on Saturday, Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande stated that the vice-president was set to have surgery for “recurrent pain in his leg.”
According to Akande, the operation on Osinbajo was performed at the Duchess International Hospital in Lagos.
In addition, a statement signed by the medical director of Duchess International Hospital, Adedoyin Dosunmu-Ogunbi, indicated that the vice president would be discharged within a few days.
“His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was admitted to the Duchess International Hospital GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, today due to a fracture of his right femur (thigh bone), possibly related to a long-standing injury sustained during a game of squash,” reads the statement by Dosunmu-Ogunbi.
Dr. Wallace Ogufere (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr. Om Lahoti (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr. Babajide Lawson (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr. Ken Adegoke (Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care), Dr. Oladimeji Agbabiaka (Consultant Anaesthetist), and Dr. Adedoyin Dosun (Consultant Physician & Medical Director).
The patient is expected to be released from the hospital within the next few days.
