Buhari jets out to UK on vacation, medical check up

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave Abuja on Thursday for the United Kingdom to begin his annual leave.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday said the president would be on a short leave and expected to return to the country on February 6, 2017.

It said during the vacation, the President will also undergo routine medical check-ups.

The statement said: “In line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the President of the Senate, and Speaker, House of Representatives, have been duly communicated.

“While away, the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, will perform the functions of the Office of the President.”

The Vice President is currently attending the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland and would return to the country to act in BuhRi’s absence.

President Buhari has had no public engagements since the beginning of the week while the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting was also canceled.

At the time of this report, his convoy was being lined up preparatory to his departure for the airport.

It would be the third time the president would be proceeding on this type of trip since his assumption of office.

He had previously undertaken the trip on February 5 – 10, 2015 and June 6, 2015.