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On a visit to Germany, he said: "I don't know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room."
Mr Buhari was standing next to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who seemed to glare at him.
Aisha Buhari had said she might not back her husband at the next election unless he got a grip on his government.
Responding to questions by reporters, Mr Buhari said that having run for president three times and having succeeded at the fourth attempt, he could "claim superior knowledge over her".
In an interview with the BBC's Hausa language service, Mrs Buhari, a businesswoman and activist, suggested her husband's government had been hijacked by only a "few people", who were behind presidential appointments.
"The president does not know 45 out of 50 of the people he appointed and I don't know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years," she said.
Her decision to go public with her concerns will shock many people, but it shows the level of discontent with the president's leadership, says the BBC's Naziru Mikailu in the capital, Abuja.
The president's remarks on the kitchen and "the other room" have been met with outrage on social media.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37659863
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is an absolute pig.
JI7
(89,249 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Look at their divorce laws.
JI7
(89,249 posts)she is an activist and has a career of her own .
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And she does not have a career of her own.
JI7
(89,249 posts)and speaking out against her husband who is currently serving is not something you would see in the US and many other places.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)She refers to herself as a housewife in response to the very first question.
It's not entirely clear that it is her husband she is speaking out against.
Premium Times of Nigeria has a rough translation:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/212807-aisha-buhari-told-bbc-interview.html
Maybe she is getting a message out to her husband's political rivals that he cannot say directly?
JI7
(89,249 posts)From the same source:
President Buhari has denied knowledge of what his government exchanged with Boko Haram for the 21 abducted Chibok girls, saying he would need to return from Germany to be fully briefed.
This is what I dont know until I go back. I said the release is on the morning I left and this is not something we will discuss on the telephone, Mr. Buhari said in the interview with German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/212903-i-cant-disclose-govt-gave-boko-haram-chibok-girls-buhari.html
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hausa in particular.
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)so that he could transfer a large sum of money to the US. Fucking asshole never paid me! Dickhead.