Medical Trip: Buhari Needs Not Transmit Power To Osinbajo Says Buhari’s Aide, Garba Shehu

It is unnecessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit
power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the
Presidency has said.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Tuesday when he featured as
a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He explained that President Buhari has not contravened the laws
of the land by not transmitting power to Professor Osinbajo while
away from the country for a number of days.

“He (Buhari) will continue from wherever he is,” Shehu said when
asked if the President had transferred duties to the vice
president.

He added, “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.”

Hours before the interview, President Buhari 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.

The Presidency had said the President was expected back in the
country in the second week of April.

Before he embarked on the trip, President Buhari met with the
service chiefs where he directed them to identify the leaders of
bandits and kidnappers and take them out to restore confidence in
the areas affected.

He stated that the criminals would no longer dictate the tone,
adding that he was aware of plans by individuals who constitute
themselves as authorities to undermine the efforts of the central
government.

Since assuming office, the President has embarked on several
trips to the United Kingdom to seek medical care, but he has not
been to the country since the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic.

Speaking about his principal’s condition, Shehu stressed that
there was no emergency for the President to travel to London.

He insisted that the President was not sick in any way, adding
that it was just a routine medical check-up just as he had done in
the past.

It is unnecessary for President Muhammadu Buhari to transmit
power to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the
Presidency has said.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Tuesday when he featured as
a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He explained that President Buhari has not contravened the laws
of the land by not transmitting power to Professor Osinbajo while
away from the country for a number of days.

“He (Buhari) will continue from wherever he is,” Shehu said when
asked if the President had transferred duties to the vice
president.

He added, “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.”

Hours before the interview, President Buhari 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.

The Presidency had said the President was expected back in the
country in the second week of April.

Before he embarked on the trip, President Buhari met with the
service chiefs where he directed them to identify the leaders of
bandits and kidnappers and take them out to restore confidence in
the areas affected.

He stated that the criminals would no longer dictate the tone,
adding that he was aware of plans by individuals who constitute
themselves as authorities to undermine the efforts of the central
government.

Since assuming office, the President has embarked on several
trips to the United Kingdom to seek medical care, but he has not
been to the country since the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic.

Speaking about his principal’s condition, Shehu stressed that
there was no emergency for the President to travel to London.

He insisted that the President was not sick in any way, adding
that it was just a routine medical check-up just as he had done in
the past.