Aisha Buhari
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has reacted to
a report by online news medium,
SaharaReporters , that the Nigerian High
Commission in the UK spends a minimum of
£7,000 for hospitality on each of Aisha’s trips to
the UK.
In a statement by her media aide, Adebisi Ajayi,
Aisha also dismissed the report that she traveled
to U.K with a large entourage, saying that the
highest number of people on a trip with her were
5 – 3 of her children, her ADC, and her personal
physician.
See the statement below:
The attention of the Wife of the
President, Hajia Aisha Buhari has
been drawn to a report in Sahara
Reporters where, she was amongst
other things accused of abuse of
privileges at Nigerian High
Commission in London.
It is not in her interest to join
issues with anyone or defend others
mentioned in the report, it is
however paramount to put the
record in proper perspectives as its
concern her trips to UK vis-à-vis
the Nigerian High Commission in
London.
Aisha Buhari has never traveled to
London with a large entourage as
was carried in the report. The
highest number of people on a trip
involves her three kids, ADC, and
her personal physician.
The Nigerian Commission in London
has never offered any favor either
monetarily or materially to her or
her so called entourage on any of
her trips to London.
The state house in Abuja caters for
her meal when necessary, and other
healthy food or variety needed by
her children are her personal
responsibility.
It is on record that the Nigerian
Commission in London does not
receive Aisha Buhari at the airport
with any official distinction or
privileges as was accorded other
first ladies before her. Her drivers
are privately arranged without any
recourse to the embassy for staff.
She has never complained or raised
dust about any of these acts by the
High Commission because of the
understanding, as clearly spelt out
and practiced by her husband, that
public office must be separated
from the private lives of the
occupants.
She has always been an advocate
of good governance where officials
of government are responsive and
appealing to their constituents, it
therefore baffles the imagination
that one could believe she would
corroborate with any government
official however highly placed either
at home or abroad to shortchange
the Nigerian people.
These records are not hidden for a
non-mischievous reporter who
really intends to inform the people
and not to disparage the family of
the President just to add weight to
a report.
Aisha Buhari would have ignored
this, like all of such baseless
accusations, but the angle to which
the report was presented has a
corruption and abuse of privileges
connotation which negates the
fundamental principle upon which
this administration thrives.
Consequently, SaharaReporters or
any of the embassy staff is hereby
challenged to provide any concrete
evidence either in hard or soft copy
to contradict Aisha’s Buhari’s
position as it concerns her trips to
London. “Sahara reporter should
take the challenge and come out
with the true version in relation to
Aisha Buhari if not for her
reputation and that of her family,
but for the sake of good Nigerians
who deserve to know the truth at
all times.
