Photo: President Buhari's only surviving elder sister says she speaks with him everyday

84 year old Hajiya Rakiya, who is the only surviving elder sister of President Buhari, has dispelled rumors of his death, saying she speaks with him everyday. In an interview with NAN, Hajia Rakiya called on Nigerians to pray for her brother instead of spreading rumors of his death.

According to her, President Buhari who is the last of their late mother, Hajiya Zulaihatu's 28 children, is bound to fall ill or even die “at any time his Creator wishes’’. “I just returned from the lesser Hajj and even while in Saudi Arabia I was communicating with him everyday"she said