UK Medical Trip: Buhari needs not transmit power to Vice President Osinbajo, Presidency insists

The Presidency on Tuesday insisted that it is unnecessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated  this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

President Buhari had earlier departed the Presidential Villa for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at about 2:30pm after which he proceeded to London for a routine medical check-up.

Speaking further, Garba argued that President Buhari has not contravened the laws of the land by not transmitting power to  Vice President Osinbajo while away from the country for a number of days.

According to him, “Buhari will continue from wherever he is,” Shehu argued when asked if the President had transferred duties to the vice president.

“The requirement of the law is that the President is going to be absent in the country for 21 days and more, then that transmission is warranted. In this particular instance, it is not warranted”, he continued.

The Presidency had also informed that the President was expected back in the country in the second week of April.