President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday reacted for the first time to the rumour that he is Jibril from Sudan and not the Buhari that left Nigeria for extended medical treatment in the United Kingdom last year.
The President told Nigerians in Poland where he is attending a climate change conference that he was not cloned and that the ignorant rumours was not surprising.
“One of the questions that came up today in my meeting with Nigerians in Poland was on the issue of whether I‘ve been cloned or not.
“The ignorant rumours are not surprising — when I was away on medical vacation last year a lot of people hoped I was dead,’’ he tweeted.
“Poor @ProfOsinbajo, even he had to deal with the rumours — Some people reached out to him to consider them to be his Vice President because they assumed I was dead. That embarrassed him a lot; we discussed it when he visited me while I was convalescing.’’
Buhari who would be 76-year-old on December 15, 2018, said: “I can assure you all that this is the real me. Later this month I will celebrate my 76th birthday. And I’m still going strong!’’
“I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday,’’ President Buhari stated on Sunday in a tweet.
Earlier, Buhari commended the Super Falcon for the defeat of their South Africa’s counterpart Banyana Banyana.
“I commend the coaching crew, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the Supporters Club and all football-loving Nigerians for the hard work and the support given to our heroic Super Falcons. I have never doubted the capacity of Nigerians to excel when given the right support.’’
President Buhari is currently in Katowice, Poland, to attend the 24th session of the Climate Change Conference known as the Parties (COP24).
According to the organisers, the conference is expected to finalise the rules for implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) – the rule book for implementation.
With NAN report