The wife of of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, has rebuked the governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, over his allegation that she was involved in the Halliburton scandal.
Calling the Ekiti State governor an unchained mad dog, the First Lady posted on her verified Twitter handle: “Enough is Enough Fayose. A mad dog that isn’t chained. I refuse to keep quiet,”
The Presidency had earlier dismissed as laughable the arattaempt by Governor Fayose of to link President Buhari’s wife, Aisha, to US Congressman William Jefferson’s bribery scandal for which the American lawmaker was convicted in 2009.
Reacting to Mr. Fayose’s allegations in a press statement made available to Elombah.com, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Aisha had no direct, indirect or the remotest connection with William Jefferson’s corruption scandal in the United States.
He challenged Mr. Fayose to tell Nigerians if the so-called Aisha whose pictures he proudly, but ignorantly shared, was the same Aisha married to President Muhammadu Buhari, or if the Aisha of his idle imagination had any relationship by blood or any relationship in whatever form with President Buhari’s wife.
Following the blockage of account of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, which he operates with Zenith Bank Plc, the governor vehemently reacted to the development, alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari and his family members are not saints after all.
He accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his family of being corrupt.
The Governor also said in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary Mr Idowu Adelusi, that, ” Even the President cannot claim to be an angel. The estate he built in Abuja is known to us. His wife was indicted over the Halliburton Scandal. When that American, Jefferson, was being sentenced, the President’s wife was mentioned as having wired $170,000 to Jefferson. Her name was on page 25 of the sentencing of Jefferson. We can serialize the judgment for people to see and read.”