By Yemi Adebowale
The President of the United States Of America (USA), Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 mandated the US Secretary of State, John Kerry to lead the US delegation to the inauguration of the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari as the substantive President of Nigeria on Friday, May 29, 2015.
Today @POTUS announced that @JohnKerry will lead the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the inauguration of President-elect Buhari of #Nigeria.
— Department of State (@StateDept) May 18, 2015
The inauguration will see to the swearing in of a former Head Of State, General Buhari and a former Attorney-General of Lagos state, Professor Yemi Osibanjo as the President and Vice-President respectively.
The White House disclosed that other members of the US delegation would be announced in the coming days.