Buhari once asked me how many people I’ve killed – Lai Mohammed

Former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has disclosed how the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari asked him about how many people he has killed through fasting.

Mohammed revealed that Buhari asked him the question when he alongside President Bola Tinubu and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bisi Akande visited him in Kaduna State.

The former minister spoke at an event in Abuja to mark Buhari’s one year anniversary of his death.

According to Mohammed: “After the merger in 2013, I used to accompany Chief Bisi Akande and the president today, Bola Tinubu to see the president in Kaduna and incidentally it used to be either a Monday or a Thursday.

“And every time I was invited to come to the table, I would excuse myself, until one day, the president asked Asiwaju, doesn’t Lai trust me enough to eat in my house? And Asiwaju no Lai fasts on Mondays and Thursdays.

“The matter didn’t end there, a few weeks later, Buhari called me to his room and said Lai, tell me the truth; how many people have you killed? I said I have never killed anybody.”

Retorting, he said: “Why are you fasting everyday? The conclusion, a unique and special relationship I enjoyed with Buhari transcended our years in office, I made a conscious effect to maintain regular contact with him after he retired from public office, visiting him both in Daura and Kaduna to spend quiet time with him.

“It was an extraordinary privilege to have known, served, and worked alongside Buhari.”