May 29: 'I have no house outside Nigeria' - Buhari opens up days to handover

On Thursday, May 18, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed he does not have any house outside Nigeria.

Buhari made this disclosure while receiving Letters of Credence from the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, and his counterpart from Sri Lanka, Velupillai Kananathan, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Daily Trust reported.

The president disclosed further that he made this known to the King of England, King Charles III, during a meeting after the latter asked him if he had a house in England, Daily Independent report added.

“In one of my meetings with King Charles III, he asked me an interesting question if I had a house in England, and I replied that I don’t have a house, not an inch, anywhere outside Nigeria,” President Buhari said.

Meanwhile, the former president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, will take part in the swearing-in ceremony of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima.

The chairman the presidential transition council and the secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, on Thursday, said Kenyatta will deliver the inauguration lecture.

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, he said the lecture was part of the event lined up for the handover ceremony to the president-elect, Tinubu.