Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari GCFR is 77 years old today. As expected, goodwill messages have been coming in to wish the Nation’s number one citizen a happy birthday.
I wish you Allah’s Guidance Protection and Good Health to continue steering the affairs of our dear nation .
Long Live GMB
Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria!”
Also felicitating with the President, the Presidency as well as Northern Governors also sent goodwill messages on their various twitter handles.
Born on December 17th, 1942, Buhari, a retired major general in the Nigerian Army previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31st December 1983 to 27th August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.
He unsuccessfully ran for the office of president of Nigeria in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was re-elected President, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.
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