People see General Muhammadu Buhari as a strict muslim and that he would gladly want to remain so throughout his life. The hurdle that stance is facing in his current adventure into politics is the fact that he needs Christian votes to be able to win in a presidential election.
Those currently around him are daily bringing so many ideas to him to neutralize people’s perception of him. Some of those ideas like ‘bring out your wife’, ‘wear assorted dresses’ he has accepted and has been grudgingly accepting other ones to show he has changed.
In order to erase being portrayed as a religious bigot, he has been participating in Christian activities. May be this is the reason why this picture was produced. (Source and credit: Mazi Odera, Africanpolitics).