ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari is recuperating fast and may return to the country sooner than expected, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said.
Mr Osinbajo fielded questions from State House correspondents Wednesday morning shortly before the commencement of the weekly Cabinet meeting.
He however, declined to divulge details of his discussion with the President but harped on the fact that he was fast recuperating and may be back soon.
The Acting President said, “I went to check up on him to find out how he was doing. I had of course been speaking with him on the phone and I thought it will be a good thing to go and see him and you know generally check up on how he was doing and also to brief him on developments back at home.
“So, we had a very good time, we had a very good conversation on wide ranging issues and he is in very good spirit, he is recuperating very quickly and he is doing very well.
“We spoke for well over an hour and his humor is all there. He is doing well and he is recuperating fast.”
Asked when the President will return to the country, Osinbajo said, “I think very very shortly. Very shortly.
“I think we should really expect him back very shortly. Like I said he is recuperating very fast and he is doing very very well.”
He also declined to be specific on when Mr. Buhari will return when probed further, saying “No no. Deadlines aren’t a very good thing but as I said he is recuperating fast, we are expecting him very shortly. Much sooner perhaps than you will expect.”
The Acting President would not also want to be dragged into discussion on the report of the suspended SGF Babachir Lawal and NIA DG Oke, saying they had discussion on “Wide ranging issues I really can’t go into specifics of all of the discussions we had.
On the swearing in of two new ministers that have long been cleared by the Senate, Osinbajo said “Well, I’m not in a position to say exactly, I don’t have a date in mind but I’m sure very very soon we will do that.”
Prompt News Online recalls that Mr. Osinbajo hurriedly left the country on Tuesday afternoon for London where he held talks with President Buhari and returned to Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday.
Mr. Buhari is on an indefinite medical vacation in London, United Kingdom.
