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<\/p>\nPresident 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":"
President Muhammadu Buhari is “recuperating fast” and will return home “very soon”, says Nigeria’s acting head of state Yemi Osinbajo. 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. Mr Osinbajo, now back in Nigeria, said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[2945,751,9212],"yoast_head":"\n