Fake Wedding: How I Dismissed Myself From President Buhari’s Presence: Fmr. DG, DSS, Bichi

By Ayodele Oni

There was a marriage (wedding fatiha) in which late President Muhammad Buhari was supposed to be the groom, but he was never aware of the ceremony.

Instead, the late President was informed by Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the urbane former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), about an invitation for the event in circulation and dismissed with just a wave of hand.

The former DSS boss recounting, stated that late President Buhari had a strong sense of humor.

In a shared video,  Bichi said that while Buhari was President, there was a report on social media inviting people to attend his supposed wedding fatiha.

Bichi explained that he took the matter seriously and went to brief Buhari about it. He said instead of getting angry or asking for an investigation into the false report, Buhari simply laughed.

Bichi pointed out that when he saw Buhari’s reaction, he quietly left the room without further discussion.

In Bichi’s words: “When I went to him and said, ‘Sir, there is a social media report inviting people to your wedding fatiha’ he looked at me and laughed so I dismissed myself.

“So when I came out, I said well this President is still a born again democrat. Instead of him to ask me to go and investigate the source of that report he just dismissed it.”