Breaking: Buhari ‘Weds’ New Wife after Jumaat, Says Rumour Mill *Aides Deny

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What started as a rumour, early this week, appears to have gained much ground today.

President Muhammadu Buhari is “set to marry a new wife in Abuja on Friday after the Jumaat prayers,” says the rumour mill.

The rumour has been creating waves on various social media.

As a Muslim, Buhari could marry four wives. Tomorrow’s ‘wedding’, if any, would be his third. He married the First Lady, Aisha, in 1989, after he divorced his first wife, Safinatu in 1988.

Safinatu later died on January 14, 2006, after an 8-year battle with diabetes.

Buhari’s marriage to Aisha has been blessed with five children, namely: Aisha, Halima, Yusuf, Zarah, and Amina.

Mum is, however, the word at the Aso Rock presidential villa.

Officials insisted that the much-talked-about planned wedding of the 77-year-old President is nothing but a rumour.

An official told NewsmakersNG that the rumour would not be dignified with a response, because there is nothing to write about.

As Newshounds continue to nose around, here are the details of the alleged wedding announcement, in Hausa language, on a strange news channel which is in circulation.

The much-talked-about bride-to-be is the present Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, 44-year-old Ms Sadiya Umar Farouq.

Before her ministerial appointment, Ms Farouq was federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons ((NCFRMI)) and had served as a staff of the National Assembly Service Commission before leaving to join politics in 2010.

She’s a politician from Zamfara State and former national treasurer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ms Farouq attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science (Bsc.) degree in Business Administration (Actuarial Science) and Master’s degrees in International Affairs and Business Administration.

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