Buhari Returns, Keeps Mum On New Cabinet

'Dotun Akintomide
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a 10-day private visit to the UK.

The presidential aircraft conveying the president from London landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 6.33 p.m.

Those at the airport to welcome the president include his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, some ministers, including the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai.

Others were the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Adamu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu and other presidential aides.

Buhari had on April 25 proceeded to the UK on a private visit after he inaugurated some projects executed by the Borno Government.

However, when he stopped to answer some of the questions, especially those that border on the formation of his new cabinets, Buhari opined, “I won’t tell you.”

Moreover, after declining to answer other questions, he was asked to respond on the widespread kidnappings in the country, but he said “I noticed Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, has lost weight, though it is a sign that he is working hard”.

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