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OSINBAJO THANKS SARAKI FOR NOT TAKING OVER GOVERNMENT WHEN THERE WAS A VACUUM
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday jocularly thanked Senate President Bukola Saraki for not taking advantage of the vacuum in power before the presidential inauguration.
Osinbajo stated this at a dinner organised in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari and himself at the State House Banquet Hall.
Buhari and Osinbajo had earlier in the day been sworn-in for a second term in office by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
The president, who is billed to depart for Makkah, Saudi Arabia on May 30 for OIC summit, was represented at the dinner by the vice president.
βSomething interesting happened earlier today; I am a lawyer and a law teacher and I like to test and interrogate legal scenarios.
βAt one minute past midnight today, the four year term of the President and I ended by effluxion of time.
βSo, from one minute past 12 of last night, May 29 to about 10:30 am when we were sworn in for a second term there was no President or Vice President.
βInterestingly, nothing went wrong, all was okay; when such a situation arises, it is the Senate President who acts as President.
βSo, when I arrived at Eagle Square this morning, some may have noticed that the Senate President Bukola Saraki and I were enjoying a joke.
βHe said to me jokingly, βYou better be careful, you know I am the acting President nowβ; so, we thank the Senate President for not doing anything funny.β
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