Dino Melaye has asked President Buhari to transfer power to his Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo as he travels to London for a medical check-up on Tuesday March 30, IgbereTV reports.
On Monday night, March 29, the Presidency informed Nigerians that the President would be travelling to London, United Kingdom for medical check-up and would be back in the second week of April.
Taking to Twitter, Dino Melaye asked the President to transfer power to the Vice President through a letter to the National Assembly. He urged that the president should do this before leaving the country today.
He wrote;
“The president should transfer power to the Vice President through a letter to the National Assembly before leaving the country in-line with constitutional provision. SDM”
The president should transfer power to the Vice President through a letter to the National Assembly before leaving the country in-line with constitutional provision. SDM
— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@dino_melaye) March 29, 2021
April 2019 was the last time President Buhari travelled for a medical check-up in the UK. He returned to the country in May, the same year.