The joke about President Muhammadu Buhari being replaced by Jibril from Sudan, according to the president, was offensive.
The President made this remark in a documentary that was screened at a dinner hosted by his family and his closest friends to commemorate his 80th birthday. “Celebrating A Patriot, a Leader, an Elder Statesman” on December 23 at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Buhari says “not a funny joke,”
accusations made by certain Nigerians that they believed him to be long dead and had a body double dubbed “Jibril of Sudan” in his stead.
The President claimed that the malicious rumor was the product of some troublemakers who derived satisfaction from things they did not comprehend.
When asked about the rumor in the documentary interview, Buhari replied, “Yes! People said I am somebody from Sudan. I didn’t bother with the name. Nigerians have mischievous ways of explaining themselves.”
Asked if he found such to be funny, he said,
“No. It is not funny because those who made those statement, they just want to be cheeky. They want to distract attention from the main issue.
“Our main issue is to do the infrastructure, make people aware that they need to work hard to live well. They just want to enjoy life without earning the respect of their community and so on.”
