The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ignored
the call by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari.
Aisha stated that her security aides remained in detention
despite her plea for their release – and they were not replaced.
According to Vanguard, she added: “You don’t play with the
protection of the First Family.”
Aisha Buhari made the demand for the release of her aides in
Police custody following the trouble that ensued between her and Private
Secretary to the President, Yusuf Sabiu, aka Tunde, who is also a nephew to the
President.
The trouble started on Thursday night when the First Lady’s
Aide-de-camp, Usman Shugaba, attempted to force Sabiu into self -isolation over
COVID-19 fears.
However, Sabiu, who had reportedly return from Lagos that
night, insisted that he will not leave his residence at the precincts of the
Presidential Villa despite the intervention of Aisha Buhari and her children.
It was later reported that the incident led to shooting in
the presidential villa and Sabiu, the powerful aide, secured the arrest of
Aisha Buhari’s aides who attacked him.
However, a family member on Sunday said as of 4 pm on
Saturday, the aides were still in police custody.
He said, ‘’Tunde met the NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru, who
recently died of COVID-19. He also visited several other places. Instead of
going on self-isolation, he decided to return to the Villa and he is one of the
few aides that has direct access to the President.
“The President is almost 80 and he is very vulnerable given
his medical history. We advised Tunde not to see the President but he refused
and forced his way into the Villa. He was able to get the First Lady’s aides
arrested because of the influence he wields.
“We have a rule in the Villa that those who have direct
access to the President should reduce their engagement with people. Even the
new Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has been adhering to the rule but
Tunde seems to be a law unto himself.”
When asked whether the First Lady’s aides had been released,
the President’s relative said, “As I speak to you, they have remained in
custody, exposing them to possible infection of COVID-19.”
Meanwhile, it was learned that a battle line has been drawn
as the President’s wife and children declared war on Sabiu, who some claimed
was beginning to wield as much influence as the President’s late Chief of
Staff, Abba Kyari.
Sabiu, who was nicknamed ‘Tunde’ after Buhari’s late ally,
Gen. Tunde Idiagbon, is the son of Mamman Daura’s sister.
Aisha had, on Friday, called on the IG to immediately
release her aides.
She said: “Finally, I call on the IGP to release my assigned
Staff who are still in the custody of the police in order to avoid putting
their lives in danger or exposure to COVID-19 while in their custody.”
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