…says Buhari will return very soon
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said that
President Muhammadu Buhari is in good spirit and recuperating very fast.
He made the disclosure to State House correspondents just
before entering the Council Chamber to start the weekly Federal Executive
Council (FEC) meeting.
Osinbajo, who left Nigeria on Tuesday to meet with President
Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom, returned to the country on Wednesday
morning.
Buhari left Nigeria since May 7th to meet up with follow up
consultation with his doctors.
Osinbajo on Wednesday assured that Buhari will soon return
to Nigeria.
He said: “Well, first as you know I went to see him, I went
to check up on him to find out how he was doing. I had of course been speaking
on the phone and I thought it will be a good thing to go and see him and you
know generally check up on how he was doing and also to brief him on
developments back at home.
“So we had a very good time, we had a very good conversation
on wide ranging issues and he is in very good spirit, he is recuperating very
quickly and he is doing very well.
On the state of the President’s health, he said: “Well, as I
have said he is in very high spirit, he is recuperating very well and we had
very long conversation, we spoke for well over an hour and his humor is all
there. He is doing well and he is recuperating fast.
Asked when Buhari is due back in the country, he said: “I
think very very shortly. Very shortly. I think we should really expect him back
very shortly. Like I said he is recuperating very fast and he is doing very
very well.
On whether the President will return within 90 days from May
7th, he said: “No no. Deadlines aren’t a very good thing but as I said he is
recuperating fast we expecting him very shortly. Much sooner than you will
expect.
Asked if the meeting dwell on the report of the suspended
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal, and National
Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director General, Ayo Oke, he simply said that the
meeting covered wide ranging issues.
“I really can’t go
into specifics of all of the discussions we had.” he added
He also said that the meeting didn’t discuss swearing in of
the two ministerial nominees.
On when they will be sworn in, he said: “Well, I’m not in a
position to say anything. I don’t have a date in mind but I’m sure very very
soon we will do that.”
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