Muhammadu Buhari has emerged as Nigeria’s President-elect after keenly contested elections on March 28 and 29.
Buhari beat incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan with about 2 million votes to emerge victorious.
Here are 10 things you should know about Nigeria’s incoming President.
- He is the 23rd child of his father.
- He divorced his first wife, Safinatu in 1988 after 17 years of marriage.
- He married his second wife, Aisha in 1989.
- He fathered 10 children, 8 of whom are still alive.
- His first daughter, Zulaihat Junaid, died from sickle cell anaemia in 2012, two days after having a baby at a hospital in Kaduna.
- His ex-wife, Safinatu died from complications of diabetes in 2006.
- He reared cattle as a young boy.
- He knew former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, was going to overthrow his government.
- He was in prison when his mother died in 1988 but he wasn’t allowed to attend her funeral.
- He was one of the two private African individuals to be invited to US President, Barack Obama’s inauguration.
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