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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 14 Oct 2016

    Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari responds to his wife's criticism saying: "My wife belongs to my kitchen" http://bbc.in/2dPvaJb pic.twitter.com/xqGFzLQeKq

    7:29 AM - 14 Oct 2016
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      2. aifuwa rhodes‏ @arimanja 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Blunder but we need to understand where he is coming from. He is a disciplined man and that is all that counts for Nigerians.

        6 replies 3 retweets 8 likes
      3. Panda‏ @NwaoguUche 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @arimanja @BBCAfrica

        "that is all that counts for Nigerians??? Who made a spokesman for Nigerians?? Speak for yourself please!!!

        1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
      4. aifuwa rhodes‏ @arimanja 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NwaoguUche

        No apologist for his comment but Nigerians voted him in and I get where he is coming from. We are in a different time @BBCAfrica

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Panda‏ @NwaoguUche 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @arimanja @BBCAfrica

        am sure you also know that not ALL Nigerians voted for him!

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      6. aifuwa rhodes‏ @arimanja 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NwaoguUche

        That is not how Democracy works. You vote for a leader that represents the whole, not just the "% that voted for." @BBCAfrica

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. Panda‏ @NwaoguUche 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @arimanja @BBCAfrica

        relegated to "kitchens" and "bedrooms"! /3

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. aifuwa rhodes‏ @arimanja 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NwaoguUche

        Totally agree he made a ridiculous comment. Hence, I said I know where he was coming from but times have changed @BBCAfrica

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Akintoby‏ @Akintoby 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        if that is how he runs his family affairs, as long as it works for him that his life. You can be a bad husband and better leader.

        3 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
      3. Kiki Nasser‏ @KikiNasser 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Akintoby @BBCAfrica

        he is sadest presdent no clas no nothing

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Akintoby‏ @Akintoby 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @KikiNasser @BBCAfrica

        that is his personality we can't change that. Like or hate it you can't change people to who you want them to be.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Helen Anyiso Otolo‏ @Hotolo 16 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        this is outrageous ,women should be in the kitchen by choice... we are not slaves.Shame on president Buhari.

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      1. seun kazim‏ @dr_ojigwe007 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @tolulopeab The comment's not strange, most African men have this belief in their minds. But its always said in "the locker room"

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      1. Ancestor‏ @MrKennyChris 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        well, many will says it's an African mentality. But It's rude of a President to make such comments.

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      1. docrash‏ @docrashraji 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @geoffreyyork... not an appropriate response to encourage on girl-child education and women empowerment. Sad!😩

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      1. UKPAKA‏ @RealBuch1 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @dondekojo Unbelievable!!! And he said that while sitting next to Angela Merkel, a woman? Oh dear! Welcome to Northern Nigeria.

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