The Senate yesterday declared that Professor Yemi Osinbajo should function as Acting President pending the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from medical vacation. The president's letter as transmitted to the Senate would have left actions of the acting president almost ineffective. The lawmaker said: "I don't think in our constitution we have anything like coordinating president or coordinating vice president. It is either you are vice president or you are acting president and any letter should be unambiguous and very clear. With this reality, we are now forced to ask: who does President Buhari truly recognise as the acting president?

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2017 04:41 UTC