Buhari to drop Military Title after May 29
General Muhammadu Buhari is set to drop his military title from his name after he is sworn into the office of the President on May 29.
The Directorate of Media and Publicity of the President Elect’s Campaign Organisation, Mallam Garba Shehu, announced this in a statement on Sunday while unveiling the official portrait of the President elect and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
He said: “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.”