President Muhammadu Buhari , who was born on 17 December
1942 clocks 73 today.
President Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general
and was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after
taking power in a military coup d'état.
He unsuccessfully ran for the office of President in
the 2003, 2007 and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015
general elections.
Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent
President Goodluck Jonathan, making it the first time in the history of Nigeria
that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general
election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015.
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