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Quick facts to know about Buhari as the President marks his 78th birthday

by Shalom's updates .

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari clocks 78 years on Thursday,17th December 2020.

Buhari first became Nigeria leader at about 30 years of age.

Vanguard has gathered some interesting facts about the 78-year-old Nigeria leader;

Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who has been president of Nigeria since 2015. He is a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army and served as military head of state from 1983 to 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état.

The term Buharism is ascribed to the right-wing policies of his military regime. Buhari has said that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a "converted democrat".

Buhari ran for president of Nigeria in 2003, 2007, and 2011.

In December 2014, he emerged as the nominee of the All Progressives Congress for the 2015 general election. Buhari won the election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This was the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost a general election.

He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was reelected, defeating his closest rival former Vice President Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.

As he celebrates today, Nigerians would always remember his virtues of integrity, honesty, doggedness, persistence, diligence and quietness that he represents to the younger generation.