Kiki and Zahra
Few months back, nobody really knew who
Zahra Buhari was. In fact, if not that she is
one of the daughters of Nigeria’s President-
elect, General Muhamadu Buhari (retd), Zahra,
indeed, would have just been like any other
babe, a fine girl.
But then, politics came, her father picked up
the presidential ticket for his party, All
Progressive Congress, followed it up with a
massive political campaign and boom, Zahra
surfaced! Now, as the daughter of the first
family, it isn’t out of the ordinary that the
lady and her siblings, would be under the
scrutiny of the media, being the children of the
first family.
But even before people would wonder and
speculate about the children of the
presidential candidate of the APC and now the
President-elect, Zahra made it easier for nosy
parkers; she posted an incredible picture of
herself online.
Yes, her picture hit the Internet in the thick of
the election campaign and undeniably, the
young lady practically broke the internet. She
is pretty and that is not understating the
obvious. Since her pictures went viral, Zahra
has become one of the most popular young
ladies in Nigeria. Expectedly, she should be,
since her father is going to rule Nigeria, again.
Apart from her pictures that are online,
nothing much is really known about the young
lady except that it‘s been alleged that she
studies abroad.
But Zahra is not just only about a babe that
posts beautiful pictures on the internet to wow
the men and make the ladies go green, she is
also about support, family and love.
She proved this when her father’s certificate
saga came up during the campaign.
In the heat of the scandal, the young babe via
her twitter handle defended her father and
lambasted the ruling party.
Her tweet in part read, “About 53 years ago, he
acquired this certificate. During his military
years, he held posts that couldn’t possibly be
run by an illiterate.
“Mind you, these were posts he managed very
well. He ran for office three times, this is the
fourth time and now his certificate matters.
The ruling party should accept the fact that
they have failed Nigeria as a whole and we
can’t give them any more chances.
“Misplaced priorities. Security should come
first not #GMB’s certificate. We don’t want
them anymore and we don’t want them to
persuade us to want them. We just simply do
not WANT.”
More Nigerians, after these tweets, fell in love
with her and eulogised her eloquence
especially when it mattered the most.
When Nigerians were getting used to Zahra’s
pictures and coming to terms with the lady
being one of the most eligible single ladies in
town, then came Kiki Osinbajo.
By the way, Kiki is the twenty-one year old
daughter of the Vice President–elect, Yemi
Osinbajo.
Perhaps, Kiki would have remained just the
daughter of the senior pastor of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God and may just be
known by the members of the congregation
and of course, her friends and school mates.
But just like Zahra, Kiki is in the eye of the
public at the moment. Yes, she was
‘discovered’ yet again, (like Zahra), when she
posted some of her pictures online, one of
them with her father, when she celebrated him
on his birthday.
Kiki was not really as outspoken as Zahra
during the campaign as she didn’t use her
social media to solicit for votes and support
for her father and her father’s party.
Howbeit, their emergence on the Internet,
perhaps came at the right moment as many,
especially the young men, fell in love with
them (their looks) and possibly, voted for their
parents based on that.
And as the election has favoured their parents,
these two ladies have topped the list of the
most popular ladies in Nigeria.
Interestingly, the elections have come and
gone with their fathers winning the race. It
was as if the girls (Zahra in particular) were
waiting for it to end before going back to their
shells.
At least for now, there haven’t been recent
pictures of the girls on the social media. As
much as people know they exist, they perhaps,
do not want to be in peoples’ faces. They
probably do not want to rub it in that they are
the daughters of the most powerful men in the
country.
The lives of these young ladies might be
likened to that of Chelsea Clinton, daughter of
the former president of the United States of
America, Bill Clinton.
Chelsea’s life actually turned around in 1993
when her father became the president of the
US. Being the child of the first family, she
experienced intense media scrutiny.
According to biography.com, Chelsea’s
parents encouraged her to live as normal a life
as possible. She became a frequent topic in
the press, who made headlines out of her
romantic relationships with fellow student
Matthew Pierce, as well as former White House
intern Jeremy Kane. She eventually got
married to Marc Mezvinsky and the couple is
blessed with a child.
And like Malia and Natasha, children of
Barack Obama, the current president of the
United States of America, there might really be
no hiding place for the children of Nigeria’s
first (and second) families as they sure would
be under watch.
Obama’s kids are underage, no doubt, but that
has not deterred one or two negative stories
from being written about them, top on the list
was when Malia was rumoured to be pregnant.
The rumour has long been denied.
Just like their counterparts in Africa,
especially the likes of Ange Kagame, daughter
of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Kenya’s
Ngina Kenyatta, daughter of Uhuru Kenyatta,
Gabon’s Malika Ondimba, daughter of
President Ali Bongo Odinmba and so many
others, Zahra and Kiki would certainly be in
the eye of the public; no hiding place for
them.

Zahra, our government official

We're talking about the enormous challenges ahead of these men, and you are distracting us with their daugters.
Buhari and osinbajo are not here for a tea-party, take this your celebrity angle to their daughters away pls.

temitemi1:
Zahra, our government official

she's your hero and a role model!