{"id":60064,"date":"2025-01-28T07:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60064"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T07:41:28","slug":"i-live-on-rent-from-my-kaduna-house-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/28\/i-live-on-rent-from-my-kaduna-house-says-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"I Live on Rent From My Kaduna House, Says Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he sustains himself financially by renting out one of his two houses in Kaduna State, emphasizing that he did not enrich himself corruptly during his tenure as Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an All Progressives Congress (APC), caucus meeting in Katsina State ahead of the state\u2019s local council elections scheduled for February 15, Buhari highlighted the complexities of governing Nigeria and urged leaders to prioritize transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is a difficult country to govern, but most Nigerians are unaware. Until you find yourself in leadership, you won\u2019t understand its complexities,\u201d he said in Hausa.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his post-presidency life, Buhari noted, \u201cI look much healthier now than when I was president. Anyone who sees me acknowledges this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buhari stated that he owns only three houses \u2014 one in Daura and two in Kaduna \u2014 and disclosed that he relies on income from renting one of the Kaduna properties to cover his feeding expenses.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that his record remains untainted, adding, \u201cNobody can accuse me of illicit enrichment while in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president concluded by urging Nigerian leaders to uphold accountability and transparency in governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Former President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he sustains himself financially by renting out one of his two houses in Kaduna State, emphasizing that he did not enrich himself corruptly during his tenure as Nigeria\u2019s president. Speaking at an All Progressives Congress (APC), caucus meeting in Katsina State ahead of the state\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":60065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[536,59],"class_list":["post-60064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-buhari","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60066,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60064\/revisions\/60066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}