Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Babankowa is a retired police commissioner and a close associate of the President Muhammadu
Buhari, for the past 43 years. In this interview at his residence in
Hadejia Road, Kano, he says the Buhari administration would not
disappoint Nigerians and also talks about his (Buhari’s) best food and drink. See excerpts:
What is his best food?
Buhari is
somebody who will not miss his three square meals, however small the
meals may be, just to put something in the stomach, he must eat
something. He does not joke with that. Even if we are traveling,
provision is always made for that in the car. Do you know Alikama? That
is wheat. There is something we called Tuwo Alikama. He likes it very
much, with different types of soup. It could be okro, or any other soup.
How about drinks?
He
does not drink anything outside Fanta, Coca Cola and water. His love
for Nigeria is something else. He is always looking for what he can
give rather than what he can get and that is why he has nothing,
compared to our so-called leaders. He has only three houses, two in
Kaduna and one in Daura. The one in Daura is just a two-bedroom
bungalow. One of the two houses in Kaduna is for his visitors while he
occupies one.