President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria on Wednesday night after a five-day vacation in the United Kingdom.

The spokesman for the President, Mr Femi Adesina, announced the President’s return.

He began the vacation after a trip to France where he addressed the EU Parliament and and another to the UK for the Syria Donor Conference.

President Buhari also met with Nigerians in the UK on February 5 before the vacation began.

An earlier statement by Mr Adesina said that while President Buhari is on vacation, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo would perform the functions of the President.

In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari also dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.