Twenty three days after taking the oath of office, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday moved into his official residence, the Aso Villa in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari and the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, had been operating from the Defence House, Abuja after their inauguration to allow renovation of the facilities at the Villa.
However, the President's wife, Aisha, moved into the official residence last Thursday.
Buhari returned to Abuja from his home town, Daura in Katsina State on Saturday and officials began moving his personal effects yesterday before he moved in.
Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said the President did not move into the Presidential Villa on May 29 because it was not ready for habitation.
He said the President chose to live in a rented apartment until the work was completed.
His words: “They claim some renovation was going on; the place is being cleaned up for his occupation. The contractors are probably working at their pace.
“I am not saying he's comfortable where he is at his rented house, but he is operating from there at the moment and when the Villa is ready, he will move.”