Osinbajo Begins Role as Acting President

By Tobi Soniyi in Abuja

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterda started performing his role as the Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 

President Muhammadu Buhari, before proceeding on 10 days medical vacation in the United Kingdom on Thursday had informed the National Assembly that Osinbajo would perform the duties of the President in his absence.    

Osinbajo, who was in Davos, Switzerland when the President left the country returned to Nigeria on Thursday night.  

After some engagements in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday morning, Osinbajo returned to Abuja and perform some of his first functions as Acting President of Nigeria. 

His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity posted in his twitter handle  that Osinbajo received updates on the situation in The Gambia. 

Osinbajo, he said, also received some cabinet members on Friday.  

The posting reads: “VP Osinbajo on return to Abuja receives update & briefings on the situation in Gambia & also briefings from a number of cabinet ministers.”