TheCable has the following information the share on the issue:
Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has made a grave allegation against President Muhammadu Buhari, saying his wife, Aisha Buhari, was involved in the Halliburton Scandal.
Is it true?
Fayose alleged that this Aisha Buhari was responsible for transferring $170,000 to an account linked to Williams Jefferson, the prime culprit in the bribery scandal.
In a government sentencing memorandum issued by the Alexandria division of the United States district court for the eastern district of Virginia in 2008, the US justice department confirmed the transaction.
“Government Exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire transfer from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary),” the memo said.
IS THIS PRESIDENT BUHARI’S WIFE?
A story by New York Times in 2007, detailing the track of this Aisha Buhari, did not say she was the president’s wife, but that shed claimed to be his daughter.
Joshua Assiba, an African migrant who knew the Aisha in question, said she was a very affluent woman who spent thousands of dollars shopping at a pharmacy in the US.
Assiba, who was a security guard at the time, said he struck up a conversation with Aisha and subsequently became friends, adding that “she told him that her father was the former military ruler of Nigeria, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, and that her American friends included politicians like Mr. Jefferson of Louisiana”.
The international passport of the said Aisha, obtained by TheCable, also shows she is not the same as Aisha the president’s wife.
The faces are clearly not alike.
But her claims that she is the president’s daughter would look credible to anyone.
According to the passport numbered A034120637, Aisha is surnamed Buhari, and has a given name Mohammadu, not Muhammadu as the president spells his name, and was born in Daura on August 4, 1975 – four years younger than the president’s wife, who was born in February, 1971.
The passport was issued by the Nigerian embassy in Washington DC on January 19, 2012 – and neither the president’s wife nor his daughter ever lived in the US, and could not reasonably have travelled to the US to obtain a Nigerian passport.
BORN IN DAURA? IS THAT IT?
The president was born in Daura, Katsina state, so was this Aisha, according to the information page on the passport. This shows another disparity, in that the president’s wife was born in Adamawa, not Duara. But with Buhari from Daura, a link could still be suspected.
However, Nuhu Ribadu, pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had said in 2007 that the Aisha Buhari involved in the scam was in no way related to the retired general as she claimed.
Ribadu added that he was uncertain if her true name is Aisha Mohammadu Buhari, and that Buhari already said he had no ties to her.
“I don’t have any relationship with that Aisha Buhari. I don’t have any daughter called Aisha Buhari living outside this country. She is not my daughter,” New York Times quoted the president as saying.
Buhari’s fifth daughter, Aisha, was born in 1990 and named after her mother, who is Buhari’s second wife.
Buhari’s first wife, the late Safinatu, had four daughters: Zulaihat, Fatima, Hadiza, and Safinatu. They divorced in 1988.
Aisha also had four daughters: Aisha, Halima, Zarah and Amina.
WILL PROBING HALLIBURTON SCAM UNVEIL THIS AISHA?
President Buhari had through Femi Adesina, his special adviser on media and publicity, said the president would not probe beyond his predecessor, effectively cutting out the Halliburton scam.
“It would be a distraction for the president to begin digging into all former administrations but for a proper take-off of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, there is the need to look into the immediate past government,” Adesina said.
In the light of recurring revelations about the high and mighty, and an attempt to tarnish the president’s image that one of his daughters or relatives was involved in the scandal, Nigerians are calling for a probe of one of the most notorious bribery scandals in Nigeria’s history.
Should Buhari revisit the Halliburton scam?
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Stupid country full of stupid idiots call politicians and press men/women
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately you are from the tribe of Stupidity
DeleteYou're the biggest idiot nonsense, shameless person
DeleteThis is what the big-mouthed governor has caused. I really wished people can just ignore him whenever he opens his mouth to say anything.
ReplyDeleteNone of his comments ever holds water.
KJoe
pls this ur comment is nt valid. irrespective of anything, it is right for this government to investigate and find out the real person that way we will all be convinced. thanks
DeleteFayose is such a dumb head...He never did his homework but just shouting to stain the wife of the president and president himself. It clearly shows he is not a good politician. I can only urge him to be calm and do the work Ekiti people wants him to do.
ReplyDeleteU might b correct. bt pls in issues like this, the proper thing for a sincere government is to investigate who this Aisha is and make it public.
DeleteHah !!! Fayose this one don floor you ooooo. Talk another one again pls.
ReplyDeleteI think the right thing for the government to do is to investigate this issue. for Fayose to have gone to this extent I think it demands proper investigation. let us all be sincere to ourselves, of which this name is linked to former president Jonathan this government would have start up a committee immediately. so let us all wait for this government to tell us there findings about this person.
ReplyDeleteSome people are block heads which investigation do u need again. The stupid governor did not do his findings he started making noise. He should be sued for deformation of character
ReplyDeleteYes. Buhari's wife should sue Fayose.. For millions
DeleteAs I said before.. Fayose should go and pray or go and postrate to his elders. The devil is pushing him to his destruction
ReplyDeleteMumu governor fayose
ReplyDeleteHe insulted his party elders,who else will he run to now,he doesn't learnt from his last regime,a fool at fourty is a fool forever
ReplyDeleteWho knows, investigate lets know the truth cos it might be Goodluck Jonathan's daughter or cousin or even his wife. Wayoo apc
ReplyDeleteWhen they are done with the bush fowl, they will come home for the chickens by then non of you should complain.
ReplyDeleteAPC are the master's in the propaganda business and have the ability to convince you that purple is actually red. As much as I also know that gov. Fayose makes to many statements knowing which is true is a Herculean task. The right and most sensible thing to do is investigate the matter once and for all and clear the first ladies name so that tomorrow no one brings it up again. I remember APC showing us the presidents high school results right before election but I shocked to learn he was still being tried for it and he employed the services of 13 SAN's to defend him on a certificate issue he claims he has. Which is simpler providing the results or paying 13 SAN's and their legal aids and what not.
ReplyDeleteInstead of showing us a dummy, prove to us the dummy actually is a dummy and you can only do this by investigating the case.
Imagine the disgraceful cheap intellect forgery. Same Surname, Same Husband name, Same woman name, Same LGA, to think that this same Buhari is in court with 13 SANs for certificate forgery makes me sick. The case of James Ibori was even better staged than this. This shows the Respiration of the President's camp. Buhari Return our oil money you and your wife stole.
ReplyDeleteApc want to cover up.
ReplyDeletePolitics in all Nigerian endeavour. Halliburton's scandal has been investigated by the USA and appropriate sanction meted out to the indicted suspects. All Nigerians involved in the case are untouchable but I am convinced that PMB will unravel the mystery surrounding that case much later in the tenure of this administration. Please wait and watch.
ReplyDeleteAPC Nawa o!!!
ReplyDeleteYes! The scam must be revisited & Jefferson be invited to Nigeria as a principal witness.
ReplyDeleteThis is forgery! Social media marauder.
ReplyDeleteI pity Nigeria youth of today. serous issue like this, you guyz started attacking one another. please what investigation do your want that is more than the one stated above? it is high time we started ignoring propaganda and keep our head straight to the fact and things that matter to this country.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless Nigeria!!!
Nuhu Ribadu can never cover up Buhari.....
ReplyDeleteI wonder how they hope to convince any sane person with this story.
ReplyDeleteI there is no skeleton that is being concealed, this APC government should have investigated. We all know they won't because Jonathan is not indicted
History does not lie. For a man (Fayose) who once kicked his wife in the belly during the first trimester of her pregnancy and had the unborn child aborted in his first tenure as governor, for his wife advising him to tone down his area-boyism in politics, I see no reason why people should pay attention to his antics anymore. Fayose should be thrown ito the dustbin of history.
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