Amid crisscrossing the globe, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has pinned down his estranged Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and made him redundant, multiple sources at the Aso Rock villa told SaharaReporters. According to the sources, Osinbajo was to attend two business forums in Jakarta, Indonesia and Vietmam but Buhari refused to approve the trips. It was gathered that the duo had been in strained relations in the last few months.
EXCLUSIVE: While Junketing Around, Buhari Makes Osinbajo Redundant, Refuses To Approve Vice President’s Trips To Egypt, Indonesia, VietnamIt was gathered that the duo had been in strained relations in the last few months.
“President Muhamnadu Buhari is scheduled to depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea on a 5 days official visit to the Asian Country,” a source had told SaharaReporters. “WHENEVER the President is proceeding on vacation or is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, he SHALL transmit a written declaration to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the house of representatives to that effect, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, the Vice-President shall perform the functions of the President as Acting President,” Section 145 of the Nigerian Constitution states.
However, the last time the President handed over to his deputy while embarking on personal trips was in 2018.
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