Aisha Buhari remained in the shadows for most of the
election campaign but could now impose a very different style.
Little is known for now about the First Lady elect other
than a few details in the Nigerian media: she is 44, married her 72-year-old
husband in 1989 after he divorced his first wife the previous year, and they
have five children together.
"I met Aisha Buhari three times, and she seems to be
a very humble person, very friendly and a good listener," said lawyer
Ebere Ifendu, head of the Women in Politics Forum group in Abuja.
The current First Lady, Patience Jonathan, wife of the
outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan, has a very different public profile.
She is well-known to journalists and mimicked by
comedians for her boisterous public appearances as well as political and
financial scandals.
"Patience has been like a bull in a china shop. No
control whatsoever," said Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, head of the Nigeria Network
of NGOs.
"We are very hopeful that we will have a very
different First Lady, who will bring calm and harmony at the presidency."
AFP
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