Buhari, Osinbajo declare assets – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by the Constitution.

The head of Buhari's media team, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday, said the President and Vice President submitted their assets declaration forms separately on Thursday.     

Shehu added that the CCB, through its Chairman, Sam Saba, on Friday acknowledged the receipt of the forms.

He said  Buhari's declarant identity was given as: President:  000001/2015 .

Shehu however did not disclose the contents of the assets declaration forms.     

'By declaring their assets, President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo may have not only fulfilled the requirements of the Nigerian Constitution, but also fulfilled the first of their many campaign promises.    

'While seeking election into the highest office in the land, the President had promised Nigerians that he would publicly declare his assets as soon as he took over government,' he wrote.

The Nigerian Constitution states in Chapter VI Section 140, that a person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in the Constitution.