•••SAYS HE WILL NOT MISS ASO ROCK VILLA DUE TO HARASSMENT
President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned the widespread claim that he was dead and the person ruling the country was his look alike, ‘known Jibril Aminu, from Sudan’
The President described the joke that the person occupying the presidential villa was not him but Jubril as an unfair joke that was not funny.
The President’s comments were contained in a documentary at a private dinner on at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday night.
The dinner “Celebrating A Patriot, a Leader, an Elder Statesman” was organised by family, friends and associates as part of the President’s 80th birthday anniversary celebration
He attributed the claim to mischief makers who according to him were out to create humour out of their ignorance and divert attention from the main issue.
“Yes! People said I am somebody from Sudan. I didn’t bother with the name. Nigerians have mischievous ways of explaining themselves…
“No. Is not funny because those who made those statement, they just want to be cheeky. They want to distract attention from the main issue.
The President whose second and final tenure would be coming an end in May, 2023 said that he would not be missing the Presidential villa, his official residence for eight years due to harassment from people “who are clever by the half.”
He stated that he is being subjected to harassment by some persons who feel the efforts he has committed to make the country better were insufficient.
“I wonder if I am going to miss much. I think I’m being harassed. I believe I’m trying my best but still my best is not good enough because there are people around that think that they can intimidate me to get what they want instead of going through certain systems to earn whatever they want to earn. And they are some people who want to be clever by half.”
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who proposed a toast for the President, described him “as a forthright, good and kind man, as well as an exemplary leader.”
Osinbajo who said that President Buhari could make an excellent entertainer, recalled how he (the President) calmed him down over allegations of corruption made against him.
“Mr. President is a very humorous man and I think he would made a very good career in entertainment one way or the other when he retires.
“One day, I went to him because they were some allegations that were made against me. And I was so angry, so I went to him to show him the letter I had written to the EFCC to investigate.
“He looked at it and looked at me and because he calls me VP or Professor depending on his mood.
“This time he said, ‘VP, why do you worry yourself about all these people. These people just make all sorts of allegations, they make all sorts of stories up, even they are saying that I am about to get married again. And even some foolish people were waiting at the National Mosque, waiting for me to come and marry again.” He recalled
