Why I Married Aisha—Buhari

<h4>Why I Married Aisha<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that President Muhammdu Buhari has revealed one of the reasons he married his wife who currently functions as the First Lady&comma; Federal Republic of Nigeria&comma; Mrs Aisha Buhari&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;President Buhari who clocked 80 years last week was Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Military Head of State between December 31&comma; 1983 and August 27&comma; 1985&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At that time&comma; he had been married&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But after he was overthrowned by General Ibrahim Babangida&comma; the marriage between him and first wife who is now late went sour&comma; a development that called for another wife and this time Aisha&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a direct narrative from the President&comma; he insisted his second wife must be an AA genotype after losing two of his children by his late wife&comma; Safinatu&comma; to sickle cell anemia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buhari made this assertion while speaking at a private dinner organised by his family and very close associates on Friday&comma; to celebrate his 80th birthday tagged &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Celebrating A Patriot&comma; a Leader&comma; an Elder Statesman&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President explained that when he wanted to remarry&comma; he insisted the second wife &lpar;the first lady&comma; Aisha Buhari&rpar; must be AA genotype&comma; so that his children will not inherit the S from his AS genotype&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aisha&comma; 51&comma; beautician&comma; married Buhari in 1989&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;