Buhari to undergo second penis surgery

Nine-month-old boy, Buhari Muhammad, whose genital was cut off by his step-mother in the middle of last year, would undergo his next surgery when he reaches puberty.

Recall that Muhammad had his first corrective surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Bida, Niger, last month.

The Head of Medical Unit of state Child Rights Protection Agency, Suleiman Makusidi, told newsmen in Minna on Tuesday that the next surgery would be a penis transplant.

She said, “When the boy reaches puberty and when blood has started flowing through his penis, a transplant will be carried out; the transplant will be carried out either in Nigeria or abroad.

“The corrective surgery that was done in February was to reopen the hole that was created for the boy to pass urine after it was discovered that the hole was closing back.

“The urinary passage, which was created like that of the female, is a temporary one to enable him pass urine.’

“The state government is making arrangements on how to bring medical experts to examine the boy and see if the transplant can be done in Nigeria.