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I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by femi4: 8:06pm On Dec 25, 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday stirred up a fresh controversy over his real age when he said he thought he was 74 but was told he was 75.

Buhari spoke when the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammed Bello, led a delegation to pay him Christmas homage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The President, joined by state governors and other top government officials, celebrated his 75th birthday penultimate Sunday. He was said to have been born on December 17, 1942, in Daura, present day Katsina State.

While thanking his guests for the visit, Buhari recalled the health challenge that kept him away from the country for months earlier in the year and admitted that 2017 had been a tumultuous year for him.

The President said he had recovered well from the sickness because he obeyed his doctors who instructed him to be eating and sleeping well.

He said, “I am very grateful (to you) for taking time out on a very important day to come out and spend it with us.

It has been a tumultuous year. I am thinking I am 75. I thought I was 74 but I was told I was 75. “I have never been so sick, not even during the 30-month civil war that I was stumbling under farm of yams or cassava.

“But this sickness…I don’t know, but I came out better. All those who saw me before said I look much better when I came back.

“But I have explained it to the public that as a General, I used to give orders. But now, I take orders. The doctors told me to feed my stomach and sleep for longer hours. That is why I am looking much better.”

Buhari said he appreciated the visit because he respects good neigbourliness both at individual and national levels. He said that was why immediately after his inauguration as President in 2015, his first foreign trip was to Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin Republic.

“If you are in good terms with your neigbours, then you can make some savings for development.

“But if you start fighting your neigbours, then I am afraid the resources you have you will lose it in trying to be very clever.

“So I try to be very close to my neigbours both individually and nationally. I thank you very much for being very good neigbours,” he added.

The President admitted that 2017 has been a tough year for Nigeria. He expressed the hope that next year would be more prosperous for the country.

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Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by Yeligray(m): 8:09pm On Dec 25, 2017
A man that can't remember his age. How can we expect him to remember that he has citizens?
Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by marooh: 8:13pm On Dec 25, 2017
So,
Burverty
Blind man leading sight people
Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by Troblem(m): 8:15pm On Dec 25, 2017
smiley


Buhari,

the man that abused and sold integrity to close to 200m ppl...became president after threatening them with the blood of baboons n jaguar.



The life of a knife bearer
on a mission to deliver hope.
The will of the hunter's dog...a reason to bark,
The colour of hope willed in the heart of many.
An opportunity to sleep with both eyes,the land filled with cowards...A LAND RULED BY A MAN WITH NO DEFINIT AGE!
Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by ufuosman(m): 8:39pm On Dec 25, 2017
as u big reach you no sabi ur age. Dis man just they disgrace Nigeria
Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by TeamLeader(m): 8:48pm On Dec 25, 2017
Baba is in a state of unknown

Re: I Thought I Was 74 But Was Told I’m 75 – Buhari by Mynd44: 8:51pm On Dec 25, 2017

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