Nigerian President Buhari claims he's still alive

Setopati

2018-12-03 15:46:55

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday denied claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, Jubril, breaking his silence on a rumor that has circulated on social media for months, Reuters reported Buhari, who is running for re-election in February, spent five months in Britain last year being treated for an undisclosed illness. No evidence has been presented, but videos making the claim have still been viewed thousands of times on YouTube and Facebook. “It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong,” Buhari told Nigerians in a town hall session in Poland, where he was attending a conference, when asked about Jubril. “A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health,” he said, adding that those who spread the rumor were “ignorant and irreligious”. The presidency circulated Buhari’s comments in an emailed statement entitled “It’s Real Me, President Buhari Responds to Cloning Allegation."

Published Date: 2018-12-03 15:46:55

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