Tinubu moves to Defence House ahead May 29 inauguration

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice-President-elect Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, moved to the Defence House ahead of their inauguration on May 29.

The Defence House will serve as the official operational base of the president-elect till May 29, when he will be inaugurated as the country’s 16th democratically elected president.

Tinubu was accompanied by Senate President Ahmad Lawan; Abdullahi Adamu, the APC national chairman; speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, among others.

From the Defence House, Tinubu will receive briefings and hold key meetings as president-elect when he eventually moves into it.

This is not a new development as incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari also lodged at the same facility months before his inauguration on May 29, 2015, before he moved into his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

After a month-long trip to Paris, Mr Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday aboard his private jet, accompanied by his wife, Oluremi, and son, Seyi.

On his return, the president-elect, who left Nigeria on March 21 for Paris on vacation after a hectic campaign and election season, said he was strong and ready to work.