Buhari returns from 10-day private visit to UK, says he won’t disclose identities of his new cabinet’

Adejoke Adeogun
Adejoke Adeogun
Buhari returns to Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not make any comment about those who will make his next cabinet.

Fielding questions from reporters after his 10-day trip to the United Kingdom, Buhari said he is ready to settle down and swear in the new cabinet.

A reporter had asked him, “What kind of people will make your next cabinet?” and he responded: “I won’t tell you.”

The president also refused to respond to the question on whether he compiled a ministerial list while in London.

On the widespread kidnappings in the country, Buhari said he noticed Mohammed Adamu, acting inspector-general of police, had lost weight, saying it is a sign that he is working hard.

The presidential aircraft which conveyed the president from London landed at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 6:24pm.

Those at the airport to welcome the president were Abba Kyari, his chief of staff; Muhammed Bello, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT); Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff; Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and some presidential aides.

Buhari proceeded to the UK on a “private visit” on April 25.

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