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President Muhammadu Buhari; Hero of our democracy.

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  On the 29th of may, 2015, he was sworn in as president of the federal republic of Nigeria, and during his inaugural address, he uttered a sentence that has become the most quoted, most cryptic and probably most profound of any president in the history of Nigeria; 'I belong everybody, and I belong to nobody'. Seven and a half years later into his reign, the quotation looks like a prophecy, for not only has he lived up to his signature quote, he has surpassed expectations in how devoted he is to making it manifest. His tenure began with the treachery and insubordination in the contest of the leadership of the national assembly, where some rogue legislatures of the ruling party connived with the opposition to hijack the leadership of the NASS. It was the first test of his democratic credentials, their were calls and uproar for the president to go the 'Obasanjo way' and have them removed by any means necessary, however, he let the democratic process take its cour