President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that he was an orphan whereas addressing the crowd in Hausa
He additionally reveals how he spent 9 years in a boarding college and was later enlisted into the Nigerian Army as a result of of his training
President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that he was an orphan from a younger age and didn’t know his father.
Speaking on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the APC marketing campaign rally in Damaturu, Yobe State, the president mentioned he had no thought who his father was and that he spent 9 years in a boarding college to purchase an training that enabled him to get enlisted in the Nigerian Army.
Addressing the crowd in Hausa, Buhari mentioned: “Make sure you send your children to school and make them understand that whatever you have in this world can be taken away from you except the knowledge you have in your head.”
He added: ‘”I was an orphan; I did not know my father. I spent 9 years in a boarding college and as a result of of my training; I was enlisted into the Nigerian Army.”
He continued: “I want you to strengthen your faith, try your best to uphold the children and family God has entrusted to you. Do not betray that trust.”