A theory widely aired on social media – and by some political opponents – was that he had been replaced by a lookalike from Sudan called Jubril.
On Sunday 2nd December, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari denied claims that he had died and was replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months.
Buhari, who is running for re-election in February, spent five months in Britain last year being treated for an undisclosed illness. One theory widely aired on social media – and by some political opponents – was that he had been replaced by a lookalike from Sudan called Jubril.
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