₦airaland Forum

Premium Times' reporting on Gov. Ayo Fayose's allegation against Wife of the President Aisha Buhari is reckless, factually inaccurate, and libelous all rolled into one.This is particularly disquieting because thousands, perhaps millions, of Nigerians on social media are ignorantly spreading a malicious falsehood against an innocent woman. Read the original New York Times story published on April 29, 2007 (http://www.nytimes.com/…/29/business/yourmoney/29lobby.html…) to know that the "Aisha Buhari" mentioned in the corruption scandal ISN'T the president's wife. In the New York Times story, "Aisha Buhari" identified herself as the "daughter” of “General Muhammadu Buhari," not his wife. Of course, President Muhammadu Buhari has no daughter by that name. The said "Aisha Buhari" is obviously a criminal impostor who has not the remotest relationship with President Buhari either by marriage or by blood. Take a look at her picture, which I downloaded from the New York Times website, and tell me if she bears even the slightest resemblance to Mrs. Aisha Buhari or any of the president's daughters. This lady is a major-league scammer who has refused to reveal her real identity, and Premium Times failed to do basic fact-checking to confirm this. It took me less 2 minutes to find this out.
In case you're not able to read the full story from the New York Times, here are excerpts that conclusively show that the "Aisha Buhari" mentioned in the story is neither the president's wife nor any of his daughters. If the real Mrs. Aisha Buhari decides to sue Premium Times (and Ayo Fayose), predicting her success against them in the court is a slam dunk, as Americans say.
"As for Ms. Buhari, who is living in Virginia, it’s not clear who she really is. For one, she is under investigation in Nigeria by its Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said its head, Nuhu Ribadu.
"Mr. Ribadu said he is uncertain if her name is Aisha Buhari, but he added that she is not a daughter of General Buhari. The former Nigerian ruler agrees.
"'I don’t have any relationship with that Aisha Buhari,' Mr. Buhari said. 'I don’t have any daughter called Aisha Buhari living outside this country. She is not my daughter.'
"Mr. Ribadu’s agency has asked American authorities to arrest Ms. Buhari. That has not happened, but the Justice Department has an interest in her. Last summer, she testified before a grand jury investigating Mr. Jefferson, the congressman, who is suspected of soliciting bribes from American companies seeking business in Nigeria."
I won't hesitate to criticize Buhari (and his wife) if and when they err, but I won't tolerate irresponsible and malevolent smears on people's reputation.
https://www.facebook.com/farooqkperogi/posts/10101942167033970
Cc; lalasticlala, modath

Ok

Abegiiiii.... Make una dey deceive una self

hmmm. getting very interesting

Trash

Wether the fish swallow Jonah or Jonah swallows fish, all na swallow.


But I bet you, this can't be considered relevant.

This evidence is enough for me to prove those haters wrong. Thanks op

the woman in question is older than Aisha, doesn't look like her and older than any of Buhari's daughter. Someone should explain how the said woman is connected to Buhari, to me, this is a lie except there is another picture that is not known to us all.

This na just round one.make una continue

All this one nor concern me.
Give us a condusive environment for our businesses and investment.

Since I know "they" are reading averse, I have done community service down there.

Nuhu Ribadu is alive & in PDP...


Cc Olujobasamuel

I remember James ibori case at the Supreme court



Pray tell us the business Aisha buhari does that funds her expensive lifestyle and the millions of donations.


Aisha buhari is a yam eater and a fraud

Zombies will always jump out to defend their masters, that I understand. But please save your analysis as they won't go out of Nairaland to prove a point to the people involved. I'd rather implore you to stay glued to newspaper articles as the drama unfolds.

This pointless fabricated allegation was dragged out and debunked during the last presidential elections. Nigerians did not buy into it then and they won't buy into it now.
It is only relevant to sufferers of Buhari Derangement Syndrome aka Wailers.

Lies. Aisha Buhari was involved in the Halliburton scandal. $1.8m was wired into her account. Details:
http://www.naijiant.com/beer-parlour-gist/aisha-buhari-and-the-halliburton-bribery-scandal/

BlackSeptember:
I remember James ibori case at the Supreme court



Pray tell us the business Aisha buhari does that funds her expensive lifestyle and the millions of donations.


Aisha buhari is a yam eater and a fraud

The same people who will believe and spread every wild allegations against persons being accused by their god which are being denied vehemently are the people jumping up everywhere to coverup for their god's spouse on an allegation she has not denied by herself.

The court record in question has been in circulation for ages, but has she come to deny it?

Only their worshipers do the denying same way they swear on the success of their children that their god has only 2 houses.

MrBully:
Zombies will always jump out to defend their masters, that I understand. But please save your analysis as they won't go out of Nairaland to prove a point to the people involved. I'd rather implore you to stay glued to newspaper articles as the drama unfolds.

didirin so u didn't see the place where this Ms Aisha appeared in court. There is no analysis involved here just plain truth

and premium times jus post a news witout verifying...journalism has gone to d dogs.its a pity

porka:
The same people who will believe and spread every wild allegations against persons being accused by their god which are being denied vehemently are the people jumping up everywhere to coverup for their god's spouse on an allegation she has not denied by herself.

The court record in question has been in circulation for ages, but has she come to deny it?

Only their worshipers do the denying same way they swear on the success of their children that their god has only 2 houses.

dude do you read atal? Dang it

Ok

I want Nigerians to allow the president to defend himself, his government froze fayose's account on allegation of corruption. The question begging for answers here is, does efcc have such power to do so? if true how come this is the first time they are invoking such in over 15yrs of it's existence? furthermore, why is this government footdragging in opening the halliburton bribery case to put to rest all those involved in this scandal? In as much as i object to fayose's approach, you cant take candy from a baby and expect the baby not to cry.

Oksman:
I want Nigerians to allow the president to defend himself, his government froze fayose's account on allegation of corruption. The question begging for answers here is, does efcc have such power to do so? if true how come this is the first time they are invoking such in over 15yrs of it's existence? furthermore, why is this government footdragging in opening the halliburton bribery case to put to rest all those involved in this scandal? In as much as i object to fayose's approach, you cant take candy from a baby and expect the baby not to cry.

YES - the EFCC has the absolute right to freeze any account they deem to be harbouring fraudulent funds

Secondly, this is not the first time EFCC is freezing an account in over 15 years; even under the amiable GEJ who never bothered to fight corruption, the epileptic EFCC then froze the account of Admiral Murtala Nyako the governor of Adamawa. They also went ahead to freeze the bank accounts of the entire state, this happened when GEJ was trying to boot out Nyako for his hard opposition and guess what?.. Nyako was eventually removed by the smiling amiable tyrant GEJ (as you guys like to label PMB lately).
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/163236-efcc-froze-adamawas-account.html

I hope this answers your question?.. and by the way, you should already know Buhari too well that he is not in the business of responding to frivolous allegations from drunkards like Fayose.

When one who is about to be set ablaze decided to rob oil on is body, little did he knows he is fast tracking the burning process, should be pity. If The Gov as had behaved amicably and file a suit against EFCC, may be he may taken serious. Rather, in his usual manner (I am not disappointed anyway) decided to raise dust and embarrass himself at the banking hall, all in the name to create attention. Finally, he did not get his statement. What is the graga for. What a shame!.

Anyone who believe Fayoshe should read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/business/yourmoney/29lobby.html?_r=0

obailala:
YES - the EFCC has the absolute right to freeze any account they deem to be harbouring fraudulent funds

Secondly, this is not the first time EFCC is freezing an account in over 15 years; even under the amiable GEJ who never bothered to fight corruption, the epileptic EFCC then froze the account of Admiral Murtala Nyako the governor of Adamawa. They also went ahead to freeze the bank accounts of the entire state, this happened when GEJ was trying to boot out Nyako for his hard opposition and guess what?.. Nyako was eventually removed by the smiling amiable tyrant GEJ (as you guys like to label PMB lately).
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/163236-efcc-froze-adamawas-account.html

I hope this answers your question?.. and by the way, you should already know Buhari too well that he is not in the business of responding to frivolous allegations from drunkards like Fayose.

Thank you for bringing this to fore. I am sure most Nigerians are not aware this actually happened. An entire state account was frozen. If this barbaric by Ozakume (SAN), I wonder what he will call freezing the account on a state- welcome development. Please, Mr Fayose investigation is not thesame with prosecution. Your immunity covers the later only.

[quote author=obailala post=46774566]YES - the EFCC has the absolute right to freeze any account they deem to be harbouring fraudulent funds

Secondly, this is not the first time EFCC is freezing an account in over 15 years; even under the amiable GEJ who never bothered to fight corruption, the epileptic EFCC then froze the account of Admiral Murtala Nyako the governor of Adamawa. They also went ahead to freeze the bank accounts of the entire state, this happened when GEJ was trying to boot out Nyako for his hard opposition and guess what?.. Nyako was eventually removed by the smiling amiable tyrant GEJ (as you guys like to label PMB lately).
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/163236-efcc-froze-adamawas-account.html

I hope this answers your question?.. and by the way, you should already know Buhari too well that he is not in the business of responding to frivolous allegations from drunkards like Fayose.
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You got me pants down brother, thanks for the update.

project8:
and premium times jus post a news witout verifying...journalism has gone to d dogs.its a pity

Was utterly shocked that a news medium that is a member of the internationa union of investigative journalists,can publish such trash,that can easily be verified,just by clicking a few buttons on google and adding 1+1.
Ptimes really let itself down.

Oksman:
You got me pants down brother, thanks for the update.

You welcome bro... I just wanted to point out that all Nigerian leaders are the same, tyrants!! even though some flex the muscles more than others while some others smile (harmlessly) when they do theirs. And yeah, they all do have the rights and legal backing to do most of these things. But at the end, we are humans, so we typically see/hear only what we want to see/hear.

Fayose don kolo