Buhari’s Daughter Opens Up On Her Father

Award-winning writer, Lola Shoneyin, recently interviewed one of Buhari’s daughters Halima. When asked who her father is away from politics, the pretty mother-of-1 said,” He’s like every normal father. He’s very realistic, he tells you how it is. He likes cracking jokes, he’s very caring. He’s very sensitive towards our feeding. He doesn’t coerse us to do anything we don’t want to do. He’s a very understanding father unlike the image people. People say he’s strict but he has a very soft side.”

On Buhari’s relationship with his grandchildren,Halima added that, “He calls my 7-month-old daughter (named Aisha) Laraba which means Wednesday in Hausa. He is very caring towards his grandchildren. He plays a lot more with his grandchildren than he does with his own children.He is very fond of them and he gives them all sorts of traditional nicknames.” What’s her take as her father heads to the polls? ” Firstly this is a different era not the military regime. He will certainly be more tolerant and more passionate because he’s very passionate about leading Nigeria,and leading it out of every single mess.”

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.