President Muhammadu Buhari's wife, Aisha, has revealed the specific disease that the President battled for years.
Aisha Buhari said that Buhari had PTSD for many years as a result of his role in the civil war in Nigeria, his removal as the military's head of state, and his subsequent 40-month captivity without being charged with any crimes.
Speaking during a fundraiser for the Armed Forces Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Center (AFPTSDC), organized by the Mrs. Lucky Irabor-led Defense and Police Officers' Wives Association, she revealed this (DEPOWA).
She described how early on in her marriage to Buhari, she experienced the effects of PSTD.
According to Aisha Buhari, "It is a reality that troops and military families have to deal with, despite its detrimental effects. I am a wellness professional and a wife of a serving or former soldier, so I am aware of the difficulties PTSD causes for military families and the general public.
"Before being toppled in a coup d'état, my spouse spent 27 years serving in the Nigerian Army. He controlled Nigeria for 20 months, spent 30 months fighting a civil war without receiving any rehabilitation, and spent 40 months in prison without being told what his crime was.
"We got married a year after he was released from prison, and I spent 19 years living in his home as his legally wedded wife. I experienced the effects of PTSD because after going through all of this, and at the age of 19, telling someone who was a previous head of state and commander-in-chief of Nigeria's armed forces that he was mistaken is the first mistake you would make.
"So, at the age of 19, I had to learn how to tell someone of his caliber whether they were right or wrong, and that was the start of my offense in his home. After running for office in 2003 and failing, again in 2007, again in 2011, and again without receiving any form of rehabilitation, I eventually decided to become a physiotherapist.
"You can see myself at 19 dealing with someone who went to war, endured a coup d'état, lost a number of elections, and then, in 2015, made it to the Villa. In Nigeria and Africa, it is problematic for a woman to tell someone that something is proper or wrong.
