So Buhari is 72 years old and therefore, is too old to be president according to many of his detractors. To me age is just a number .

#Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became President of Liberia at age 70 in 2006. She was 75 in 2011. She will remain president till 2016, at age 80 years.

#President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is 72 years old. He will be president till 2019 at 77 years.

# Nelson Mandela, born 1918, became President of South Africa in 1994 at 76 years. Still president in 1998 when he stepped down for Mbeki at age 80 years. If he had served two terms, he would have been 84.

#President Peter Mutharika of Malawi was 74 when he was sworn in on 31 May, 2014. He will be president till 2019 at 79 years.

#President Alpha Conde of Guinea is now 76 years old. He was sworn-in in December 2011 at 72 years.

#President Jose Eduardo Santos of Angola is 72 years. He will be president till 2020 at 78 years.

#President Abde Bourtefilka of Algeria is 77 years old, and will be in office till 2020 at 83 years old.

#President Alasanne Quattara of Ivory Coast was 72 years in 2012, and will be President till 2016 at 76 years.

#Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has been president since 1985. He won another seven years-term in 2013 at 77 years, and will be president till 2020 at 84.
#President Jose Mujiaga of Uruguay was 75 years old
when elected. He is now 79 years.

#President Tedoro Oblang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea, was born January 6, 1942. He is 72 years and still going on.

#President Michael Sata, Zambia, is 77 years-old. He became president September 23, 2011 at 74, and will rule till 2016 when he will be 79.

#President Paul Biya of Cameroon is 81 years old. He will be in office till 2017 at age 84 years.

#President Milos Zeman of Chech Republic is 70 years old and will be in office till 2018 at age 74.

#Ronald Reagan, born February 06, 1911, became US President at 70, and served two terms before retiring in1989 at age 78.Zambia president was 77.

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