In a statement issued by Laolu Akande, spokesperson for Prof Osinbajo, it was clearly stated that President Muhammadu Buhari acts in the full capacity of his office whether he is in Nigeria or abroad on official assignments.
Laolu Akande was reacting to a report by an online news medium that Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has cancelled his trip to India for the India-Africa conference because he did not want to relinquish power to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.
The statement said: “Nigerians know wherever Mr. President is, at home or abroad he acts fully in his office except if on break, indisposed or incapacitated. So the question of his traveling creating a vacuum does not even exist at all.
Then in reaction to the claims that Osinbajo would not be attending the India-Africa summit he said: “It is simply untrue that an advance party from the Vice President’s office departed for India. No such thing happened because there was no such final decision to travel.
The statement then cleared the air on Nigeria’s participation at the summit. “There are some insinuations online about Nigeria’s participation in the India-Africa conference holding from March 14-16 in New Delhi.”
“For the avoidance of any doubt, Nigeria’s delegation to the the meeting is led by Industry and Trade Minister, Dr. Okey Enelamah,” the statement read.
