BBC News has just released their top quotes of 2015 and the top spot went to President Buhari for a quote from his May presidential inauguration speech, when he said,
I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody
2. when he made this statement on Nigeria’s independence day
“We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices.
“To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens”
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3. South Africa’s Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini
“The time for vision has come. I request our South African government to help us clean our land of lice. We need to remove all itching bedbugs and lay them bare in the sun.
“We request that all foreigners should take their baggage and be sent back”
4. Walter Palmer, who killed Cecil the Lion
“If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn’t have taken it. Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after the name of this lion.”
5. Sudanese Model, Nykhor Paul
“Dear white people in the fashion world!… Why do I have to bring my own make-up to a professional show when all the other white girls don’t have to do anything but show up.
“Don’t try to make me feel bad because I am blue-black – it’s 2015”