Career profile: the academic and political record of President Muhammed Buhari

Muhammed Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has built a career that runs through military command, state administration and elected office, according to this outline of his academic and political background.

His record includes stints as a head boy and as a platoon commander, followed by service as a C.O., a brigade commander and a GOC. Buhari is an alumnus of the USA war college; he has also been Governor of the North East, a Federal Commissioner and a Federal Minister, and he has held the offices of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief.

He went on to chair the PTF, founded political parties and is regarded as a highly respected world leader. He is currently the democratically elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and holds the GCFR honour.

The profile then catalogues what Buhari does not possess: no oil well and no oil bloc, no private jet, no mansions or estates, no foreign accounts and no foreign residence, no private company, no private library or private university, no ethnicity and no bigotry, no political thugs, and no large fleet of luxury cars.

Among the country’s ruling class, only President Buhari is credited with such an unbroken record, the profile adds.