Nigeria, July 15 -- A former Commissioner of Information in Abia State, John Kalu, has detailed how he met with Muhammadu Buhari during which he confirmed that the then Nigerian president was not Jubril al-Sudani.

Mr Kalu, who was commissioner from 2015 to 2023 during the tenure of the immediate past governor of the state Okezie Ikpeazu, gave the details in a post on Facebook on Tuesday.

Mr Buhari, who served as Nigeria's president from 2015 to 2023 under the APC platform, died in a London hospital on Sunday at the age of 82.

The former president was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence in Katsina State, the county's North-west.

In 2018, during Mr Buhari's first term in office as president, speculation was rife that the then Niger...