President Muhammadu Buhari has informed those who criticize him for jailing them while he was a military ruler that he has also been jailed before.
“Those who accused me of locking them up, I too have been locked up, so what?”
Buhari made the comment on Monday, June 15, 2015, while speaking to Nigerians resident in South Africa.
President Muhammadu Buhari
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Buhari made the comment on Monday, June 15, 2015, while speaking to Nigerians resident in South Africa, The Cable reports.
“This is my first time of attending these types of meetings (AU) and they go on and on until about 1 in the morning. And then you are supposed to start in the morning again. Everybody is repeating what the other speaker has said instead of to keep their mouth shut. Anyways, it is a great experience,” the President said.
Speaking of his prison experience he said:
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“As head of state, I went straight to detention for three and half years so those who accused me of locking them up, I too have been locked up, so what?”
The President also admonished the Nigerians living in SA to respect themselves and be good ambassadors of the country.
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