Buhari to drop 'General' title come May 29th

Buhari to drop 'General' title come May 29th. 

 

The media team of General Muhammadu Buhari has released a statement saying that from May 29th, the president elect will drop his 'General' title and so should no longer be addressed as a General.

“From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria" the statement signed by the Directorate of Media and Publicity of Gen Buhari read.

An official portrait for the president elect and the vice president elect was also released yesterday.