Nigeria’s President Buhari says his wife ‘belongs in the kitchen’ after BBC interview criticism

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to criticism from his wife by saying she belongs in his kitchen.Aisha Buhari had said she might not back her husband at the next election unless he got a grip on his government. In an interview with the BBC, Mrs Buhari, a businesswoman and activist, suggested her husband’s government had been hijacked by only a “few people”, who were behind presidential appointments. Aisha Buhari campaigned vigorously for her husband in last year’s election in Nigeria, organizing town hall meetings with women’s groups and youth organizations. On a visit to Germany, the Nigerian President said: “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room. Mr Buhari was standing next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who seemed to glare at him.