Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing-in of Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as Ugandan president for the sixth term.
Naija News had reported earlier that the 76-year-old politician who has served Uganda since 1986 was on Wednesday, May 12 sworn in for another term in office, making it his sixth term as president of the African country.
It was gathered that security personnel were deployed in their numbers around the home of his main opposition rival, Bobi Wine, who decried the inauguration as a “sham”.
Museveni was declared winner of the January election despite controversies and reports of irregularities during the polls. Naija News understands that Museveni today took the oath of office at a ceremony in Kampala broadcast on national television. The ceremony was attended by several African heads of state and other foreign dignitaries.
Museveni who appeared in a dark blue suit and his trademark wide-brimmed safari hat, during the swearing-in promised to “pay true allegiance” to the East African country he has ruled nonstop since taking power as a rebel leader in 1986.
See photos from the swearing-in ceremony below:
Image credit: Tolani Alli
Meanwhile, President Buhari has been charged by the Biafra Nations League, BNL, to recognize Biafra as a separate Republic by hoisting the Biafra flag in Aso Rock on May 30 Biafra memorial day.
The National Leader of BNL, Princewill Chimezie Richard, made this call on Monday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Naija News reports.
Princeswill in the statement promised that Biafra would be a great ally of Nigeria economically as a former member of the Nigerian State. He further stated that the crisis going on in Nigeria and Bakassi Peninsula area where BNL headquarters is could worsen if Buhari fails to adhere to the advice.