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Buhari hands over power to Osinbajo as he begins 10-day vacation in UK

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President Muhammadu Buhari will begin another round of vacation from Friday, August 3, 2018.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday.

Adesina said Buhari would be away for 10 working days.

He said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would be the acting President during the period.

The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari begins a 10 working day holiday from August 3, 2018.

“In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, a letter has been transmitted to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker, House of Representatives to that effect.

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“While the President is on vacation, the Vice-President will be in an acting capacity as President.

“President Buhari will be in London for the holiday.”

Buhari had between February 5 and 10, 2016 embarked on a six-day vacation when he remained in London.

On June 6, 2016, he embarked on another 10-day vacation to attend to an ear infection.

Buhari returned to Nigeria on June 19, 2016, after spending 14 days in London.

He again left the country on January 19, 2017, on what the Presidency described then as a medical vacation.

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Buhari returned to the country on March 10, 2017, after a 49-day medical sojourn, saying he had never been that sick in his life.

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