Muhammadu Buhari was born on December 17,
1942, in Daura, Katsina State. He went to
Primary School in Daura and Mai’adua from
1948 – 1952, before proceeding to Katsina
middle School in 1953. He attended the Katsina
Provincial Secondary School (now Government
College Katsina) from 1956 – 1961.
On graduation from Secondary School in 1961,
Buhari went to the Nigerian Military Training
School, Kaduna in 1963.
In October of the same year, he was sent to the
officers’ Cadet School in Aldershot in the United
Kingdom and was thereafter commissioned
Second Lieutenant in 1963 and posted to the
2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta as Platoon
Commander in 1963.
It was at the Abeokuta Garrison that the real
traits of a great soldier were identified in the
young man. From 1963 – 1964 he was sent for
further training on the Platoon Commanders’
Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna.
In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport
Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical
Transport School in Borden, England. He went
to the Defence Services’ Staff College,
Wellington, India in 1973 and to the United
States Army War College from June 1979 to June
1980.
In August 1975, after General Murtala
Mohammed took power, he appointed Buhari
as Governor of the North-Eastern State, to
oversee social, economic and political
improvements in the state.
In March 1976, the then Head of State, General
Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Buhari as the
Federal Commissioner (position now called
Minister) for Petroleum and Natural Resources.
When the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation was created in 1976, Buhari was
also appointed as its Chairman, a position he
held until 1978.
In 1983, Major-General Buhari and Major-
General Tunde Idiagbon were selected to lead
the country by middle and high-ranking military
officers after a successful military coup d'etat
that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari
on December.
In 1985, Buhari was himself overthrown in a
coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida on
August 27th, and other members of the ruling
Supreme Military Council (SMC) ostensibly,
because he insisted on investigating allegations
of fraudulent award of contracts in the Ministry
of Defence.
Between 1995 and 1998, Buhari served as the
Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), a
body created by the government of General
Sani Abacha, and funded from the revenue
generated by the increase in price of petroleum
products, to pursue developmental projects
around the country.
Buhari contested the Presidential election as
the candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party in
2003 and lost to former president Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Again, he contested under the ANPP banner in
2007 against Late Umaru Musa Yar’adua of the
PDP and lost.
In March 2010, Buhari left the ANPP for the
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), a party
that he had helped to found.
Buhari was the CPC Presidential candidate in
the 16 April 2011 general election, in which he
lost to incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan
of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He is currently the president of Nigeria.
#SayBaBa
1942, in Daura, Katsina State. He went to
Primary School in Daura and Mai’adua from
1948 – 1952, before proceeding to Katsina
middle School in 1953. He attended the Katsina
Provincial Secondary School (now Government
College Katsina) from 1956 – 1961.
On graduation from Secondary School in 1961,
Buhari went to the Nigerian Military Training
School, Kaduna in 1963.
In October of the same year, he was sent to the
officers’ Cadet School in Aldershot in the United
Kingdom and was thereafter commissioned
Second Lieutenant in 1963 and posted to the
2nd Infantry Battalion, Abeokuta as Platoon
Commander in 1963.
It was at the Abeokuta Garrison that the real
traits of a great soldier were identified in the
young man. From 1963 – 1964 he was sent for
further training on the Platoon Commanders’
Course at the Nigerian Military College, Kaduna.
In 1965, he went for the Mechanical Transport
Officers’ Course at the Army Mechanical
Transport School in Borden, England. He went
to the Defence Services’ Staff College,
Wellington, India in 1973 and to the United
States Army War College from June 1979 to June
1980.
In August 1975, after General Murtala
Mohammed took power, he appointed Buhari
as Governor of the North-Eastern State, to
oversee social, economic and political
improvements in the state.
In March 1976, the then Head of State, General
Olusegun Obasanjo appointed Buhari as the
Federal Commissioner (position now called
Minister) for Petroleum and Natural Resources.
When the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation was created in 1976, Buhari was
also appointed as its Chairman, a position he
held until 1978.
In 1983, Major-General Buhari and Major-
General Tunde Idiagbon were selected to lead
the country by middle and high-ranking military
officers after a successful military coup d'etat
that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari
on December.
In 1985, Buhari was himself overthrown in a
coup led by General Ibrahim Babangida on
August 27th, and other members of the ruling
Supreme Military Council (SMC) ostensibly,
because he insisted on investigating allegations
of fraudulent award of contracts in the Ministry
of Defence.
Between 1995 and 1998, Buhari served as the
Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), a
body created by the government of General
Sani Abacha, and funded from the revenue
generated by the increase in price of petroleum
products, to pursue developmental projects
around the country.
Buhari contested the Presidential election as
the candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party in
2003 and lost to former president Olusegun
Obasanjo.
Again, he contested under the ANPP banner in
2007 against Late Umaru Musa Yar’adua of the
PDP and lost.
In March 2010, Buhari left the ANPP for the
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), a party
that he had helped to found.
Buhari was the CPC Presidential candidate in
the 16 April 2011 general election, in which he
lost to incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan
of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
He is currently the president of Nigeria.
#SayBaBa
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