President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the "Doyen of Medical Practice” and first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria, Prof. Emeritus Theophilus Ogunlesi, who turns 98 on July 12.

The president's spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a congratulatory message on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Abuja, highlighted Ogunlesi’s hard work towards the growth of medicine in the country.

Buhari expressed his gratitude to the eminent professor for giving the best of his life for the service of his immediate family, the Nigerian nation and the medical profession.

He also celebrated the entire Ogunlesi family and prayed for the professor’s good health, the grace of God and more years of service to Nigeria and humanity.