sweet9ja:

It reminds of the 80's and 90's when Hausa became the lingua franca of Nigeria.
Can that be a hint of what he intend to do when he gets to Aso Rock?

stildude:

Buhari responding in hausa to a question asked in English is not surprising at all. It is the same boko haram mentality of denouncing anything western like the talibani amajiris that he controls. He is probably sending a coded language to the boko haram group to step up their violent acts against anything civilized  and the govt, since he knows now that he can never get into aso rocks. It is a shame many learned Nigerians  were almost deceived but not us. Now our prodigal Nlanders remove the wool from your eyes and return to the place of wisdom. Stop all your lame excuses to cover up for him. ALL HAIL GOODLUCK! the true nationalist and leader.  

Lanquart:

Kobojunkie ,you want to know when awusa was the lingual franca in aso rock?you don't need to go far to get  the ans: Ask Shagari,Buharri(the weeping general),IBB(the "Theifing" general),Abacha (the illiterate general) even Abdulsalam(the careful thief) what language they speak when they hold forte at the Rock

texazzpete:

'Awusa'
'shipishi'

Kobojunkie:

When was this oooo

Don't tell me you don't know when in Nigeria, in order to get anything done, you have to speak Hausa.
Some none muslim southerners even swap their names for Arabic ones so as to get student scholarship in the north.

Oluwayombo:

God did not choose Buhari to rule Nigeria. God's decision is final.

opal4real:

There is a clear difference between a sectional leader and a national leader.

Buhari is a sectional leader no wonder he got no vote in Akwa-Ibom.

kerwa2001:

wow! this is one of the most ridiculous topics i have ever seen on nairaland. why cant people simply use their brains and are so quick to jump to silly conclusions.
1. i watched the debate live on ait
2. there where several reporters surrounding him to interview him.
3. common sense should tell you there will be local hausa reporters amongst them, eg hausa tv n radio stations, hello!
4. we only heard the 'english' question from the ait reporter clearly cos we were watching ait and d ait reporter will most likely put d the mic to her mouth to ask the question before pointing the mic back at buhari which was exactly what happened. thats why her question was loud and clear and we could not really hear the question from other reporters present. probably her mic has a sort of noise cancellation technology.
5. im sure if a reporter from channels or an hausa tv station was presesent and you happen to be watching their respective stations, u will hear the question from their own representative loud and clear as opposed to the ait rep.
6. so common sense should tell you buhari answered in hausa a question thrown at him in hausa.
7. if u noticed the ait reporter had to keep asking her question repeatedly in a loud voice b4 she caught buhari attention and he answered back in english.
8. and if from what i ahve noticed amongst hausas living in the north, a lot of them listen to hausa radio stations so i expected most of the reporters there to be hausa reporters.

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I like the statement "why cant people simply use their brains and are so quick to jump to silly conclusions." And the answer is "They gat no brains"
FYI
There are so many international radio stations that broadcast in hausa (BBC, VOA, german, etc even Beijin radio station broadcast in hausa), It could be any of these. And yes he answered in Hausa. If transformer no dey your area, go hug the one in your LGA chairman's house.