{"id":336098,"date":"2017-07-13T07:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T07:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336098"},"modified":"2017-07-13T07:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T07:20:29","slug":"nigerias-president-buhari-to-return-soon-osinbajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336098","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria’s President Buhari to return ‘soon’ – Osinbajo"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Muhammadu Buhari is “recuperating fast” and will return home “very soon”, says Nigeria’s acting head of state Yemi Osinbajo.<\/p>\n

He made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday morning, after visiting Mr Buhari at the London hospital where he is being treated for an unspecified illness.<\/p>\n

Mr Osinbajo, now back in Nigeria, said he had discussed a wide range of issues during the hour-long meeting.<\/p>\n

Mr Buhari has been in London since May.<\/p>\n

The 74-year-old leader was elected to power in 2015, becoming the first Nigerian opposition leader to win an election.<\/p>\n

It is his second period of medical leave in the UK, the first began in January and he returned home in March.<\/p>\n

His long absence has led to speculation about whether he will be able to resume his presidential duties.<\/p>\n

In his absence, President Buhari has given Vice-President Osinbajo full powers to act, in contrast to the situation in 2009, when the long illness of then President Umaru Yar’Adua led to a power vacuum.<\/p>\n

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“Prayers for the absent Lion King has waned,” he wrote. “Now the hyenas and the jackals are scheming and talking to each other in whispers; still doubting whether the Lion King will be back or not.”<\/p>\n

But Mrs Buhari appeared to calm any concerns – suggesting her husband, positioned as the defender of the “weaker animals”, was on the mend.<\/p>\n

“God has answered the prayers of the weaker animals, the hyenas and jackals will soon be sent out the kingdom.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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