President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is to drop the title General from his name from May 29.
A statement by the Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity of the President-elect, Mallam Garba Shehu, also released the official portrait of the President-elect and theVice-President-elect Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
“From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be 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.
Buhari served for 24 years in the military. He enlisted in 1961 and left in August 1985 after the overthrow of his government, retiring as a Major General.
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