Focus – Muhammadu Buhari (born on the 17th of December, 1942). Here are some interesting details:
1. Buhari was raised in polygamy. He was born into the home of Mallam Adamu and his mother, Zulaihat. His father died when he was four, he, then, was raised by his mother. Indeed, he was the twenty-third child of his father.
3. Buhari was once the minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources in Nigeria. In 1976 precisely, Buhari served as a minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources in Nigeria as appointed by General Olusegun Obasanjo who was head of state then.
4. Abroad study. Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army War College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the United States, and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies.
5. Buhari named his first daughter after his mother. Buhari who so much was loved by his mother, Zulaihat who died when he was of tender age. Buhari loved his first daughter Zulaihat, however, she too died later from Sickle Cell Anemia.
6. His first son also died. In total, Buhari had ten children, lost two and is left with eight.
7. Buhari’s first wife. Before Aisha, Buhari married Safinatu who gave birth to five children, Zulaihat (late), Fatima, Musa (late), Hadiza, and Safinatu (named after her mum). Buhari divorced her and married Aisha. Safinatu passed on in 2006 due to diabetes.
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