The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has called for the
arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of drug trafficking, which led to the
detention of Zainab Aliyu in Saudi Arabia.
Mrs Buhari made the call on Monday when the victim of the
drug trafficking conspiracy, Zainab Aliyu, was led to the Presidential Villa by
her parents to break the Ramadan fast with her.
Recall that Zainab Aliyu, who was travelling to Saudi Arabia
from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, had drugs planted on her by
drug cartels operating at the airport. She was arrested by the Saudi Arabia
authorities, for possession of banned substance.
However, Zainab was released after she was found innocent of
the offence by the Saudi authorities, following the intervention of the Federal
Government and President Muhammadu Buhari.
The wife of the President, therefore, called on intending
air travellers to be mindful and careful to avoid falling victims.
While fielding questions from State House Correspondents,
the victim Miss Zainab Aliyu, called on the Nigerian authorities to ensure that
those engaged in the act were prosecuted according to laid down procedure.
“I want to thank the wife of the President for inviting us
to break our fast with her and Nigerians for their prayers and efforts to
ensure my release.
“Though, I feel very bad that the cartel, who masterminded
this act (to me) was granted bail. They have to be punished for what they did
to me to serve as a deterrent to others.
“I’m not the only innocent person that fell victim, there
were many innocent persons who fell victims of this illicit drugs traffickers.
“So, I will like to call on Nigerian authorities to punish
the cartel,” she said.
On her part, the Senior Special Assistant to the President
on Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, expressed her
appreciation to the wife of the President for hosting the family to iftar.
Also speaking, Mr Habibu Aliyu, the father of the victim,
thanked Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari for facilitating the
release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi Arabian Prison.
“Personally, since we started the struggle, I did not spend
money throughout the period, so I thank everybody who contributed to the
release of my daughter.
“I feel sad that the cartel, who perpetrated this act was
granted bail. They even undermined the government because as I speak to you one
of them was allowed to perform lesser hajj and he returned to Nigeria.
“Yes, the offence is bailable but there are stringent
conditions that should be attached to serve as a deterrent.
” And to my surprise, the perpetrators have not shown any
remorse for committing the act, for day one. One of them knelt down and held my
leg saying that she was doing it for a living.
“So, you can imagine she’s living at the detriment of
someone’s life,” he said.
(NAN)
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