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A SaharaReporters investigation into criminal activity in the United States by one Aisha Buhari confirms that the perpetrator is not the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari. SaharaReporters began its latest investigation following the circulation of reports that Mrs. Buhari—wife of President Muhammadu Buhari—was involved in a bribe scheme in 2002 in which she wired the sum of $170,000 to disgraced former US Congressman William Jefferson.

A SaharaReporters investigation into criminal activity in the United States by one Aisha Buhari confirms that the perpetrator is not the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari.

SaharaReporters began its latest investigation following the circulation of reports that Mrs. Buhari—wife of President Muhammadu Buhari—was involved in a bribe scheme in 2002 in which she wired the sum of $170,000 to disgraced former US Congressman William Jefferson.

The current hysteria around allegations that Mrs. Buhari was involved in this fraudulent transaction as retaliation from the embattled Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, who had some of his Zenith bank accounts frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Mr. Fayose, who is prone to public outbursts, has been at the center of several high-profile scandals including the Ekitigate scandal in which he faces allegations of using money from the Office of the National Security Adviser to rig the gubernatorial election in 2014. Following the freezing of his bank accounts earlier this week, Mr. Fayose resumed attacking President Buhari and his wife, accusing them of corruption. He has also reportedly been sponsoring fabricated stories connecting the First Lady Aisha Buhari to the William Jefferson scandal.

The genesis of the allegations linking the current First Lady with the $170,000 transaction has arisen from a sentencing memorandum concerning Mr. Jefferson, who was convicted of corruption in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In the memorandum, “Aisha Buhari” appears once, on page 22, stating that the money was transferred to Mr. Jefferson from a Nigerian bank account in her name.

New York Times reporter Barry Meier published an elaborate report in 2007 titled “Teed Up: Golf, K Street and Nigeria” which prominently featured Mr. Jefferson, “Aisha Buhari,” and the former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Victor Attah.

Mr. Meier wrote at the time of “an unlikely cast of characters” seeking “a multimillion-dollar public spending spree initiated by Mr. Attah, an ambitious politician who wanted to be Nigeria’s next president.”

According to the account, middle-aged Aisha Buhari entered into the story when, by happenstance, she entered a non-descript Washington DC-based pharmacy and began chatting with a security guard. During that conversation, she allegedly told him that she was the daughter of the former military ruler, General Muhammadu Buhari. Following that conversation, the security guard later introduced Aisha Buhari to DC-based lobbyist Richard Hines.

The assembling of these personalities, more than ten years ago, laid the foundation for the criminal activity that followed.

SaharaReporters could not ascertain when or how the tale of Aisha Buhari evolved from a US-based woman claiming to be the daughter of former General Muhammadu Buhari to the Aisha Buhari, who is married to present-day President Buhari.

However, SaharaReporters investigation into the events around the illegal financial transactions involving an Aisha Buhari and any connection with the First Lady of Nigeria led our investigators to multiple sets of court records in Virginia courts.

SaharaReporters found no fewer than six legal cases involving an Aisha Buhari in the Fairfax County General District Court. The earliest date of these cases in the registry is October 19, 2012, with the most recent heard on March 31, 2016. Most of these cases involve debts or wage garnishment.

Also notable is that one case, which was heard on December 3, 2015, was appealed by a defendant named Aisha M. Buhari at a time that Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari was clearly in Nigeria. This is in addition to a pattern of alleged civil and criminal cases against an Aisha Buhari following the incidents reported by the New York Times in the mid-2000s—a time when now First Lady Aisha Buhari was living in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters investigation found that there is another Aisha Buhari, living in the Virginia area: the same Aisha Buhari who claimed to be President Buhari’s daughter but who actually has no relationship with him.

During the course of our investigation, we found that a property was sold on June 27, 2014 by Aisha Buhari to one Chiagozia Agbarakwe for $380,000. Evidence shows that that Aisha Buhari purchased the property in 2013 for the sum of $335,000, putting her in Fairfax County, Virginia, during that period.

In addition to court evidence, property records, and a list of known addresses belonging to an Aisha Buhari living in the United States, the New York Times in 2007 photographed the Aisha Buhari, who claimed to be the daughter of then General Muhammadu Buhari.

SaharaReporters has also obtained a copy of Aisha Buhari’s Nigerian International Passport, which shares the same profile as the photograph published in the New York Times, but she clearly looks nothing like the First Lady Aisha Buhari.

SaharaReporters contacted many of the aggrieved individuals who filed legal cases against Aisha Buhari, or their legal counsel, but none wanted to go on record due to the sensitive nature of their legal proceedings. Several of them did, however, confirm that Aisha Buhari was in the United States during the time her alleged activity took place.

Source;http://saharareporters.com/2016/06/23/aisha-buhari-us-different-nigeria-first-lady-aisha-buhari-saharareporters-finds

More facts have surfaced on how the talkative of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose in connivance with former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro laundered the sum of N4.7 billion in the controversial $15 syphoned using the Office of the National Security Adviser during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has revealed

The commission, which has frozen the bank accounts of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, and the account of a company, belonging to the two sons of a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, said it had recovered evidence of the alleged illegal transactions from the banks.

The crime, the EFCC said was perpetrated between April 4, 2014, and December 15, 2014, when a total of N4.745bn was paid into the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara, the bank tellers and other relevant documents were said to be available as evident, Punch Newspaper reports

A bank document at the commission's disposal revealed that Sylvan McNamara was incorporated in November 2011, with the following people as directors: Ikenna Ezekwe, Idowu Oshodi and Elizabeth Adeniyi.

However, the company, on May 7, 2012, passed a resolution that it should open an account at Diamond Bank and have the following persons as signatories – Gbolahan Obanikoro, Babajide Obanikoro, Ikenna Ezekwe and Theresa Matuluko.

Babajide and Gbolahan are the sons of Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of State for Defence.

A source at the EFCC said, “The entire fraud started from the company that Obanikoro’s sons were operating. The company was set up by some people but curiously made Obanikoro sons signatories to the account.”

It was learnt that after money was paid into the firm’s account, about N759,384,300 was transferred into the accounts of about six bureau de change operators.

The two bureau de change operators, who received the bulk of the funds, were A. A. G. B.S Oil and Gas and North Line Limited. While A. A. G. B. S received N168m on June 16, 2014, North Line Limited received N835,000 on July 14; N83,750,000 on June 17; N1, 680,000 on September 3, 2014; about N2,325,300 on September 9; N5,932,500 on September 17 and N842,500 on July 30.

A detective at the EFCC added, “The owner of A. A. G. B. S Oil and Gas confirmed to us that the company is a BDC but was only bearing the name of an oil company. He confirmed that he received N168m from Sylvan McNamara and $1m was delivered to Obanikoro in cash while he was the Minister of State for Defence based on the exchange rate at the time.

“Obanikoro acknowledged receipt of the cash and we have recovered evidence. Some of the remaining dollars was received by Obanikoro’s son, Gbolahan.”

The detective at the EFCC further revealed that about N2bn from the money was withdrawn by the Obanikoro sons and then flown to the Akure Airport, Ondo, for onward transfer to Ekiti State.

While presenting the flight document, the detective said, “On June 12, 2014, barely 10 days to the Ekiti State governorship election, Obanikoro and a man, who claimed to be his Aide-de-Camp by the name of A. O. Adewale, chartered a private jet belonging to OAS Helicopters.

“About N724,500,000 was conveyed on the plane with tail number N638MA. The plane was an HS125 jet, operated by Okin Travellers, a subsidiary of Elizade. The plane landed at Akure at 9.38am and then went back to Lagos to get an extra N494,900,000 and landed at Akure at 5.57pm.

“Obanikoro handed the money over to one Abiodun Agbele, otherwise known as Abey, an associate of Fayose. Officials of Zenith Bank arrived at the tarmac in a bullion van to convey all the cash to the bank’s vault, located at 13 Alagbaka Estate, Akure.”

The detective, who presented bank tellers, said Abey gave the bank instructions at different times to pay the money into Fayose’s Zenith Bank account even after the elections.

He added, “Abbey directed the bank to pay N137m into the account of Ayodele Fayose with number 1003126654 and Bank Verification Number 22338867502. The bank teller dated June 26, 2014, was filled by Abbey with teller number 0556814.

“Abbey directed the bank to transfer N118,760,000 to the same account and paid in N50m cash into Fayose’s account.

“On April 7, 2015, several months later, Fayose personally moved N300m to his fixed deposit account at Zenith Bank with number 9013074033 with the same BVN. The account is domiciled at 15 Olusola Abiona Street, Estate, Alapere, Ketu, Lagos.”

The source added that on the instructions of Fayose, Abbey deposited N100m in the account of Spotless Investment Limited, a hotel, which is owned by Fayose and his wife, Olayemi.

Abbey, who was identified as the owner of a firm, De Privateer Limited, paid N100m into the Zenith Bank account of Spotless Investment Limited with number 1010170969 on June 17, 2014.

He also paid N219,490,000 and N300m on June 18, 2014 and June 19, 2014 respectively into his own company account with Zenith Bank marked 1013835889 while he kept a cash of N260m from the original funds.

Punch Newspaper http://www.newspunch.org/2016/06/bank-documents-exposed-how-obanikoro.html

Aisha Buhari: Our pressmen are very lazy

"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.”

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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.

The Nigerian official said that American authorities suspect that Ms. Buhari may have served as a financial conduit for the politician. Mr. Jefferson has not been charged with any crimes and has denied any wrongdoing; his lawyer declined to comment. Mr. Ondeck, whose experience as a lawyer is highlighted on GlobalOptions’ Web site, accompanied Ms. Buhari to the courthouse on the day of her testimony. But he did not go as her lawyer; several years ago, he was disbarred.

Mr. Ondeck, when told that Ms. Buhari was under investigation in Nigeria, said that he had “no information about the matter.” He also declined to say whether GlobalOptions had any paid her any money.

Mr. Hines recently testified in a deposition in Mr. Assiba’s lawsuit that he had learned last year from Nigerian officials that Ms. Buhari was under investigation. Soon after learning that, he said he wrote a letter to American officials in Nigeria that followed the one in September 2005 that asserted he had a contract with Ms. Buhari. Mr. Hines stated that he told officials in the second letter that he had not hired her.

On a recent day, Ms. Buhari stepped out of her town house in suburban Washington, wearing a long blue patterned dress and a head scarf decorated with strands of colorful threads. She declined to speak with a reporter seeking an interview.

“You have no business here,” she said. “I’ll call the authorities.”

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****So u mean the boy should be left alone to die becos of your hatred for PMB? U actually need ur brain examined. Is either its missing or needs reset. I will advise you pray hard so that when u attain the age of PMB, worst wont happen to u. You just called someone old enough to be ur dad or grandfather "Eleti Didi", u need divine intervention oooo

pafestula:
Zahara Burhari, Omo baba eleti didi... go and treat baba and leave this boy alone.

Thought I should share this, Saw it on FB

######################## IGBOS BE CAREFUL####################

The whole Nigeria is aggrieved,Igbos are tactically getting set up again to lead the pack for expressing the grievances......IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

Only few people remembered that the first Nigeria coup led by Nzeogwu,which is fraudulently tagged "igbo coupe" comprised of young chaps from practically all the regions in Nigeria and was a response to the chaos in the WEST as a result of the aftermath of 1965 elections,the active participants in that chaos later aligned with federal government to churn out deadly policies on you.....IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

If Nigerians are really tired of this non-working structure we have run for almost half a century,they should collectively come together and renegotiate the union,no body should make you the senior prefect of that agitation.......the last time you led and demanded for such restructuring,the whole nation fought to keep their "dear Nigeria" the way it is......I can bet they will do it again. I over heard some of your next door neighbours asking, "why are they really protesting".....IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

Under a renegotiated Nigeria,you are the most advantaged,you will have the whole nation as your field to express your ingenuity,you have invested,blood,personal structures,money and spread into the project called Nigeria more than those who JUST "mouth-ically" parrot their love for Nigeria........while you do the the practical of ONE NIGERIA, most others only talk about it .........IGBOS BE CAREFUL.

From United nations,NASA,Microsoft,CNN,Hollywood,Nollywood,Manchester city,Chelsea,House of lords,house of commons,white house to major hospitals in US and UK and anywhere solution is needed,you have proved that where ever humans are gathered and brain is the requirement,your head can never be bowed. Therefore,you have nothing actually to prove to anyone......IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

The whole nation is groaning under the current structure we run.....when the groan has gotten to a boiling point,we all will demand collectively for renegotiation of this abusive relationship we are having in the name of nationhood....dare not lead this call,the last time you did,people mend fences and made a scape goat out of you.......IGBOS BE CAREFUL.

The same way your businesses thrive in Saudi Arabia,Indonesia and Chad........under a restructured or fragmented Nigeria,your business can thrive anywhere.....IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

Your prestigious sons and daughters championed the course of six geo-political zones,championed the course of 13% derivation for the benefit of your neighbours and still champions the course of resource control and fiscal federalism.....but I have seen you also struggle so much to explain to both neighbours and outsiders that you are not interested in their resources but rather interested in being allowed to explore your rich human capital and ingenuity without any orchestrated hindrances........IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

I have seen how some igbo sons and daughters struggles to sound patriotic even if it means sounding silly and their kits and kin in neighbouring states begs not to he identified with their igbo roots because it will save them some "special treatment" reserved for igbos---it never does anyways. Don't let another set back happen.....IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

Our major need now is an emergence of a leader figure with the courage of Ojukwu,wisdom of M.I okpara and the sagacity of Chuba okadigbo yet endowed with tamed emotions to steer our pride and productivity into a common force and also lead us into demanding redress for perceived injustice.....IGBOS BE CAREFUL!

I REPEAT,if Nigeria is tired.....when Nigeria is tired of running an unprofitable structure,we are ready for the way forward....we are ready for renegotiation.....BUT NEVER AGAIN will your blood be used as a specimen to test how "united" Nigeria can be in fighting her "enemy".

Igbos be careful!!!!!!!

By Dan Ani

TGIF

Your Brain is missing

franchizy:
Fayose is the only yoruba man greater than Awolowo.
Fayose is not oweing Ekiti workers. its a mere APC propaganda.
Ride on the peoples governor. We the entire Ekiti youths are solidly behind you.
God bless Fayose the man greater than Awolowo even ojukwu

Something is missing in ur body. Go and see ur Doctor immediately

hausameat:
Am asking peace loving Nigerians to pray for Fayese. He is at present the only protection for all Nigerian. If not for Fayose, the Buhari's Fulani would have finished us. if this story is true, it must be apc members who are out to do this. Apc has bribed the tuc and NLC to paint Fayose in a bad light. There are many states who are owing workers.

Plsssssssssssssssssssss go back to schl to learn better. U be liar and u no even fit package d lie with beta english

TOBIeee68:
na wao for all dis blogger who told you fayose didn't pay dia worker Chai chai dre s God oo mind wot u say abt odas see fayose s paying us I work under him as student lecturer mind wot u post at tyms pls NL if u don't no anytin abt ekiti ask from dose leaving dere like oda state did dae pay dere workers also e.g osun, oyo own 7month salary a friend of mine told me am d1 DAT even send him d l2 salary I collected from governor fayose ogun state s among no accommodation for corpers quote me wrong if I lie ogun state pple please, kwara, n odas state I rep fayose s cuz his showing his people love, caring nt like odas governor afta campaign u won't see dere eyes again til 2019 again n if he don't do DAT again u people wl still talk na wao for Nigeria people with dere problem.


God fayose
God bless ajimobi cuz s my state governor
God bless buhari n zombies increase of fuel I wl neva forget. sai baba regime for wot he did to Nigeria

U need to pray hard so u can grow to attain his age. U are not suppose to be on this platform little boy. Go back home to mama to suck

TPAND:
Buhari has always been critically-ill. At least it reflects on Nigeria's exonomic state.
His mental illness is second to none

My country Pple, see me see my Governor ooooo!

My country pple, See me See my Governor oooooooo!

Read to understand before commenting not the other way round. What the guy is preaching is modernization. U cant fight terrorist with Shakabula I am a proud indegene of Ekiti and our Governor ought to have purchased a modern equipment for the Hunters.

castrokins:
Omojuwa Is A Fool. What's The IGR Of Lagos Compared To That Of Ekiti?

Omojuwa or woteva is name is wasnt referring to Bike or Vehicles purchased by Lagos state. Dis is all about modernization. Modern equipment would have been ok for these Hunters to yeild a beta result not dis shakabula.

haftob:
I used to think this omojuwa guy has sense, I just discovered he is a fool. How can those motorcycles chase herdsmen inside thick bush and swamps? Sense just too far away from some people

When pple were buying a litre of petrol @ N250 and even sleeping at the filling station to get this product, NLC did not deem it fit to challenge the government. Now that we are buying @ 145 with not queue and priviledge of sleeping in our different homes, NLC is protesting.

When pple were actually in pains, they were not there to rescue us, Chibok girls were Kidnapped, many souls were lost to Boko Haram, our politicians dey sup our money as if say dem dey take launch, NLC where u dey then?

In my own opinion, i see this NLC as an enemy of progress who want Nigerians to be in pains.

Is there no name for this so called killer Tomotoes Paste?

ijustdey:
•To Investigate allegation





http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/reps-alert-nation-over-existence-of-%E2%80%98killer-tomato-paste%E2%80%99-in-circulation

Nigeria will never be doomed. Do u even know the meaning of wot u just typed here?

psychologist:
Nigeria is doomed

U need one urgently because u are actually loosing it.

Get sense!

#GodblessNigeria

CR77:

God is not evil. If u assist insaying amen to their prayers, U will be the most benefial of the pains and consequences becos Shekerau and his family wont be in the country by then.

Think right!

#GodblessNigeria

streetsoldier1:
should i say may Allah accept their prayers with speedy response!!!

Laziness dey worry u.

Benikuuse:
Hmm why can't NLC embark on a nation wide strike just as they did during Jonathan's regime?

Dont be my dear. Let's just hope for the best after this decision made by our Govt. I strongly believe that there will definately be joy some months to come.

Ramanto:
I Voted Buhari And Even Made Sure Everybody Around Me Do The Same, But I'm Getting Disillusioned Now.

But Was There Really A Better Candidate?

Happy Birthday Swt@

He abadoned his first wife to marry Foluke Daramola. Is that a responsible man?

derespect:
Mr man, u beta pray that ur marriage doesn't suffer all that theirs suffered.
If it does, we shall then know if u are a man or not.

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Well, I dont see Teebillz as a weak man rather i see him as a strong and courageous man. Many would have killed their wives instaed of speaking out. I raed a story of a man about two days ago that killed his wife and four kids all just because he had a dispute with his wife.

What i dont like about the whole issue is the aspect of talking ones life. That is too bad.

I pray God will heal their marriage.

andyanders:
Well said my sister. It is only a weak man that would go that far doing what TeeBiz has done. No matter what the woman did to him, why go that far on media and also why must a sane man wanna take his life because of a woman? If their relationship cannot work out, as a man, take a walk out of the relationship and be a man.

Marriage is not a Do or Die affair. If it cannot work out, take a walk and be yourself.

I think most of these guys are on weed when taking wife or relationship hence their predicament.

Tiwa can move on with her life and let the guy move on with his. If a relationship cannot work out, why not go your separate ways. After all, both of them were not born twins and even twins do kill themselves. Nonsense.

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