Etsu Nupe Yahaya Abubakar Is A Remarkable Traditional Ruler – Buhari

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has come out to describe the Etsu Nupe Yahaya Abubakar as a remarkable traditional ruler.

This is coming amid the Monarch’s 69tth birthday and 18th anniversary on the throne, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, during Etsu Nupe Yahaya Abubakar’s reign, peace and harmony have definitely thrived in his domain because he uses his military background and experience to aid peace, harmony and unity among his people.

Buhari added that Abubakar has definitely proven himself worthy of the appointment and he is proud of his accomplishnents.

His words, “Since your appointment 18 years ago to succeed Sanda Ndayako, you have proved yourself worthy of the appointment and, as aretired army general myself, I am proud of your accomplishments on the throneso far.”

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Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the President of Nigeria, in office since 2015. He is a retired major general in the Nigerian Army and previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 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.

Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a “converted democrat”.

Muhammadu Buhari was born to a Fulani family on 17 December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief, and mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about four years old.