Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha
Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to Department of State Services’ (DSS)
investigation of a fraud suspect who claimed to be her sister.
Her spokesman, Suleiman Haruna,
in a statement on Wednesday, said Aisha
was not involved in the case.
The statement reads, “She wishes
to state categorically that Mariyatu is not her sister and the so called Amina
Mohammed is not and was never her associate and is therefore not in a position
to transact any business in her name or that of her office.
“She wishes to further state that
she does not run businesses in her office, therefore whoever does business with
anyone in her name will be doing so at his/her own risk.
“As for staff of her office, she
wishes to state that anyone found to be engaged in fraudulent dealings, will
face the full wrath of the law.”
Speaking with reporters, DSS
spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, had disclosed that Amina disguised herself as
Aisha Buhari to fleece a Lagos-based business mogul of N150 million.
He said, “The importance of this
conference is to unveil the identity of a suspect that had an unauthorized
access to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa and used the Office of the First Lady
to engage in a fraudulent act.
“The woman, who is being paraded,
has adopted various aliases and used the same false identities to defraud
several unsuspecting persons before she was discovered.
“Amina Mohammed, also known as
Justina Oluoha and Amina Villa, had on November 22, 2017, paraded herself as
the First Lady of Kogi State.
“She used the false identity to
evade protocol and scrutiny thus gaining unauthorized access into the Villa,
and particularly the residence of the First Lady and wife of the president,
Hajia Aisha Buhari.
“She took advantage of the fact
that personalities such as first ladies, ministers and certain categories of
officials are not taken through rigorous protocol and security checks at the
Villa posts.
“What may even surprise you is
that Amina, whose phone number is registered with the name, Amina Villa, had on
the said date invited (names withheld) into the Villa wherein she made him
believe the invitation was at the instance of the First Lady.
“Investigation has revealed that
the First Lady was away on lesser hajj and not in the Villa during the period.
The businessman had complained that he was fleeced of over N150 million in
respect of a Court of Appeal property in Lagos, which Amina had promised to
help him buy through the First Lady.
“The property was said to have
been part of those under the Presidential Implementation Committee on Lease of
Federal Government Properties.
“Investigation has shown that
this unholy enterprise is not to the knowledge of the First Lady. What Amina
simply did was to use the First Lady’s name and office as bait to lure and
defraud her victims.
“Members of the public are
advised to be wary of individuals or groups that drop names and offices of high
government officials to defraud them.”
Narrating her own side of the
story, Amina said, “The DSS did not arrest me, I came here on their invitation.
I am not a fraudster; the sisters of the First Lady are involved in this
business. I cannot accept this allegation.
“The former SGF, is involved in
this fraud. Aisha’s sister is involved. I did not dupe him because he usually
gave bribe to buy Federal Government property. The directors in the ministry
have been involved in getting bribe before bidding is concluded.
“He knows the process and taking
him into Villa was not an attempt to defraud him but because Aisha’s sister was
involved. I cannot allow anybody to put me to shame to the whole world.”
When pressed further, she added,
“Ask the First Lady’s sisters, ex-SGF is involved. Leave me alone.”
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SHAME ON NIGERIA'S SECURITY. Even Aso rock is not secured. What can this government pride itself on: no syringe nor X-ray equipment in the Aso rock clinic, Killings all over Nigeria and now this. By the way, is there a public office known as the office of the first lady of the federal republic of Nigeria? How come Mrs. Aisha Buhari's name is linked to fraud every frequently: first it was her ADC now this woman who got into the presidential villa, like hot knife through butter and she is already claiming to be close to the sisters of the first lady. I am just wondering.
ReplyDeleteMe sef I wonder. Something is very fishy here and I'm sure there is more to come.
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