The counsel to Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State, Mike Ozekhome has
replied the wife of President
Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha
Buhari, through her counsel,
Mary Ekpere & Co, justifying
the governor’s claim that
Mrs. Buhari was mentioned in
the Halliburton scandal.
In a letter dated July 8,
2016, Mr. Ozekhome affirmed
that the statement made
regarding the involvement of
Mrs. Buhari in the Halliburton
scandal was “correct and
justified in law, having
regards to a court judgment
convicting one Mr William
Jefferson for bribery in the
Halliburton case”.
The counsel to the
president’s wife, Mary
Ekpere & Co had written a
letter dated June 22, 2016,
to Mr. Fayose, demanding a
retraction of the governor’s
statement that the
president’s wife was
involved in the Halliburton
scandal, threatening legal
action if the retraction was
not made within five days.
However, Mr. Ozekhome said
the statement of Governor
Fayose was correct and
justified, having been
factually premised on an
existing court judgment.
The letter read; “Our client
has referred to us your
letter dated 22nd June,
2016, on alleged defamation
of the character of your
client, Her Excellency, Mrs
Aisha Buhari, the wife of
Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,
with firm instructions to reply
to and reject same in its
entirety.
“Our client states and
reaffirms categorically that
the statement he made as
regards the involvement of
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of
President Buhari, in the
Halliburton scandal, is
correct and justified in law;
having regards to a court
judgement convicting one Mr
William Jefferson for bribery
in the Halliburton case.
“Therein, the name of the
President’s wife featured
conspicuously. At page 22 of
the said judgment delivered
by the United State District
Court, Eastern District of
Virginia, Alexandria Division,
USA, in
criminal No 1: 07CR209, the
said Mr William Jefferson was
sentenced at 9.00 am on
November 13, 2009, by Mark
D, Lytle. Your client, Mrs
Aisha Buhari was specifically
mentioned in the judgment.
The judge referred to
Exhibits 36-87 in the
following words, for
clarification;
“See also 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)… Given the age
of the defendant, the
severity of the sentence
calculated by the Probation
Office, the defendant’s
frequent travel overseas
and unexplained wire
transfers from overseas
locations to financial
accounts used by the
defendant, the defendant
cannot rebut the presumption
at sentencing that he is a
risk of flight.
“The said Williams Jefferson
is currently serving a jail
term in the USA and to the
best of our client’s
knowledge; this judgment
has not been challenged, or
set aside by any Appellate
court of law anywhere
in the world.
“The statement of His
Excellency, our client, is
therefore correct and
justified, same having been
factually premised on an
existing court judgment
above referred to.”
On the immunity enjoyed by
Governor Fayose against
civil and criminal
proceedings, Mr. Ozekhome
said: “Your attention is also
hereby drawn to Section 308
of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999, as altered, on the
immunity enjoyed by our
client from civil or criminal
proceedings for the period
that he occupies the office of
the governor of Ekiti State.
“You may therefore advise
your client to wait until after
16th October, 2018, when
our client’s tenure expires.
When that happens, we shall
join issues with your client in
a competent court of law, in
the event that your client
does not have a change of
heart.”

However, Mr. Ozekhome said
the statement of Governor
Fayose was correct and
justified, having been
factually premised on an
existing court judgment

TippyTop:
However, Mr. Ozekhome said
the statement of Governor
Fayose was correct and
justified, having been
factually premised on an
existing court judgment.

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Luckylife:
How can we force her to travel to USA either by spirit or flesh? This a very simple case of I was or I was not , than just visit USA so that the world will see .

saintikechi:
she should just visit america nah.... just tell atiku to escort her go.

SeverusSnape:
Fayose is the man!

The fact still remains that Aisha Halliburton Buhari is a corrupt poseur. The corrupt wife of a dullardic man.
This was the statement from punch today that made zombies think she's innocent..
The above statement simply means, 'we have nothing to say on this issue', She wasn't exonerated, She remains a criminal like her husband.

Criminal first couple of the federation.

frankline5:
Watch as nairaland mods remove this thread.

IVORY2009:
So its now official that we have a criminal as our first lady, and its going to be on our history books