(Wait. Before you start, can I have your attention for a minute, please? This is a time when the Nigerian nation is deeply polarized between Buhari and GEJ camps and their fans are ready to insult or call anyone unprintable names. I am not for either, so do not get it twisted thinking this piece is pro- or anti- whoever. This piece is mainly a story of the life of General Buhari as one of .com’s series on Nigeria’s leaders. This clarification has to be made because there are some readers who may be harbouring some funny thoughts. I write it as it is. Don’t waste your time labelling me as pro-Lagbaja or anti-Lakasegbe, I don’t have time for that. I am not impressed by any of our so-called politicians. So please, read this with an open mind and your contributions will be warmly appreciated. Thank you. ™ )


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Introduction:

He is bamboo-rod straight, his body frame is slenderized, he is of a meager weight, he is fair and in terms of height, he towers as one of the tallest of Nigerian leaders, if not the tallest. His milky voice evokes no fear but do not be deceived, his uncompromising stance on issues stands him out. Millions of Nigerians adore and practically worship him as the only Saviour of the Nation, while millions despise him and see him as nothing but a reincarnation of the Devil. This man is held in great esteem by a vast swathe of the Nigerian population while some others seethe with scary bitterness and violent hatred at the mere mention of his name. But hate him or love him, you will agree that Major General MUHAMMADU ‘Leko’ BUHARI, Dogo Dan Daura, is the strictest Nigerian leader.

His regime was one of an unprecedented clampdown on indiscipline, corruption and corrupt people. Even his sworn foes agree he has an extremely inflexible stand and an incorrigible will against corruption – which ironically led to his overthrow. Today, ’s lenses will zoom in on the life of this Daura-born Fulani general, a man many love with fanatical zeal, many hate with unspeakable fervour while many are not too sure whether to spew caustic hatred on him or shower him with benevolent adoration. Ladies and Gentlemen, General Muhammadu ‘Leko’ Buhari, GCFR.

Birth and Early Years:

He was born on a Thursday, the 17th of December, 1942, (that makes him 70 years even though he doesn’t look it). Unlike many other northerners who were born into aristocratic backgrounds and climbed up using the prestige of their families and the influence of their fathers, Buhari was born into a humble family, what we call pako in my area. He lost his father at a very tender age (he was just four), both parents pampered him like a pet as he was their last child but he had about 20 other siblings whom his father sired with other women in previous marriages. His mum had given birth to a set of twins before Buhari but they both died shortly after birth. That explains one of his nicknames ‘Leko’ which means ‘someone born after twins who died’, something like ‘Idowu’ in Yorubaland.

His father was Alhaji Hardo Adamu and Hajiya Zulhatu (nee Musa) was his mother, the daughter of the Sarkin Dogarai, what can be translated as the head of the infantry who was in turn the son of the Kauran Daura Lawal, head of the Daura military forces. His paternal grandfather was a typical Fulani who lived the nomadic life but later settled for a life of farming in Daura, Katsina State. His mother would later die on the 14th of December, 1988, a few days to his birthday. Buhari, who had just been released from prison, got to Daura a few hours after the burial of his mother. He was not fortunate enough to witness her being interred. Please note that Buhari’s mother was not Fulani but Hausa (Habe) and she was already a widow with seven children when she married Buhari’s father who was the Fulani chief of the Dumurkol Village, near Daura.

As a child, he played round the dusty roads of the town and remembers clearly, the time he fell off a horse during one of his recreational periods.

GROWING UP AND EDUCATION:

A proper Katsina boy, he attended the Katsina Middle School and later proceeded to the Katsina Provincial Secondary School for his high education. From there, he went off to start his military education, like many boys of the north at that time.

IN THE MILITARY:

In becoming a soldier, he attended the following institutions:

-Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC), 1962
-Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, United Kingdom (1962-1963). Generals Sani Abacha (read about him here>>> http://.com/sani-abacha-nigerias-most-enigmatic-ruler/ and Obasanjo also attended this academy).

-Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, India (1973), Obasanjo also attended this college (see picture).



-US Army War College (1979-1980)

In the year 1962, he joined the Nigerian Army and rose steadily through the ranks.

-Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 1963
-Platoon Commander, United Nations Peacekeeping Force, Congo, early 1960s.
-Platoon Commander, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta, Ogun State, 1963.
-Commander, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 1965-1967 (during the Nigerian Civil War too).
-Appointed Brigade Major, 2 Sector, 1st Infantry Division, April 1967.
-Brigade Major and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade, 1970-1971
-Assistant Adjutant-General, 1st Infantry Division Headquarters, 1971-1972
-Acting Director, Transport and Supply, Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport Headquarters, 1974-1975.
-Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, 1978-1979
-Member, Supreme Military Council, 1978-1979
-General Officer Commanding, Ibadan, Oyo State.
-General Officer Commanding, Jos, Plateau State.


From July 1975 to February 1976, he served as the Governor of the newly-created North-Eastern State under the regime of the late General Murtala Muhammed (read all about Murtala here>>>http://.com/murtala-muhammed-nigerias-most-popular-leader/). The North-Eastern State is what we now know as Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba States. Mehn, that’s huge! See the picture below.


Later, after the assassination of Murtala Muhammed, he served as the Federal Commissioner (now Minister) for Petroleum, Energy and Natural Resources under General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was appointed to that post in 1976 and was there till 1978.

On the 1st of April, 1977, the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel and the Nigerian National Oil Corporation were both merged together to form what is now the ultimate ATM machine for Nigerian leaders -the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Buhari was appointed as the head of the NNPC in 1978 and was there till 1979. (The NNPC states that it’s vision is to become a world-class oil and gas company driven by shared commitment to excellence while its mission as an integrated Oil and Gas Company is to be engaged in adding value to the nation’s hydrocarbon resources for the benefit of all Nigerians and other stakeholders. I think that ‘all Nigerians’ should be rewritten as ‘some Nigerians’ while the ‘other stakeholders’ should be edited and become ‘the cabal’. As an ‘ordinary Nigerian’, ayam yet to feel the full benefit o. Sorry for the ‘digreson’, e dey pain me for body ni, we were on Buhari shey….lol! )

Watch a video of Buhari swearing in the new governors here>>>


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JjYG-ef8M

Pls, if anybody knws a way to get paid as a praise singer, i will appreciate it. It seems sycophancy is the order of day.

A decent pay is all i need.

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