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Nigeria's Vice President: Buhari Not Talking About 2019 Election

FILE - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 19, 2017.

LAGOS, NIGERIA — 

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is not talking about an election due in 2019 but focused on delivering on promises made on his current term, his vice president said on Thursday.

"The president is focused on this term. He wants to ensure
that he delivers on the promises that were made. He is not
talking about 2019," Yemi Osinbajo said in CNBC interview.