BBC has named one of Buhari's popular phrases as the media outfit's best African quote of 2015.
Here are the top five quotes recognized by the BBC:
1. "I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody"
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on the day of his historic inauguration in May
2.
"We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and
public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals,
market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices.
"To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens"
President Buhari said four months later on Nigeria's independence day
3.
"The time for vision has come. I request our South African government
to help us clean our land of lice. We need to remove all itching bedbugs
and lay them bare in the sun.
"We request that all foreigners should take their baggage and be sent back"
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who denied that his comments in March fuelled xenophobic violence
4.
"If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country
or a study obviously I wouldn't have taken it. Nobody in our hunting
party knew before or after the name of this lion.
US dentist Walter Palmer, who killed Zimbabwe's famous Cecil the lion in July
5.
"Dear white people in the fashion world!... Why do I have to bring my
own make-up to a professional show when all the other white girls don't
have to do anything but show up.
"Don't try to make me feel bad because I am blue-black - it's 2015"
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