Weeks before his demise, former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died at the age of 82, mentioned that the actual reason he joined the Nigerian Army in 1962
In the trending clip, the late president, speaking exclusively with the former minister of communication, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, revealed that he joined the Nigerian Army in 1962, to prevent getting married immediately after he finished his senior secondary school.
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I ran away because I don’t want to get married after finishing secondary school to enter the military. – Buhari
Professor Isa Ali Pantami recently conducted one of the final personal interviews with the late Buhari, exploring the reasons behind his decision to enlist in the… pic.twitter.com/ZqC99kTH4v
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