Excited Buhari obviously happy to return home

President Muhammadu Buhari will transmit a letter to the National Assembly indicating his resumption of work after his medical vacation in London on Monday, Mr Femi Adesina, his media adviser said on his Twitter handle.

According to the presidential aide, the letter would formalise the president’s return.

“PMB (President Muhammadu Buhari) will on Monday transmit letter to National Assembly on his return to the country. That makes his return to work formal and constitutional,’’ Adesina said in an obvious attempt to dispel speculations that the President has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to continue to act on his behalf.

President Buhari who left Nigeria on Jan. 19 for medical returned to Nigeria on Friday morning through  the VIP Wing of the 401 Flying Training School of the Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, at about 7.40 a.m.

He was received by the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Barnabas Yusuf Bala.

The president was later flown by a  helicopter to Abuja.

The President informed the  National Assembly and transferred power to  his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo when he was away on vacation.

He later wrote the National Assembly  for an extension of the leave to enable him to undergo more medical tests based on the advice of his doctors.