Presidentl Muhammadu Buhari's kinsmen blamed the first lady, Aisha Buhari over her statement on wednesday which attacked the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu.
The first Lady in her statement on Wednesday morning said,
Attack on Shehu akin to attacking Buhari – Daura associations
The Chairman of the Coalition of Associations in Daura, Mallam Muhammed Saleh, in an interview, said Mrs Buhari’s feud with Shehu should be seen as a pure private affair.
He said that the outburst by the wife of the President was not good enough. According to him, attacking Shehu was akin to attacking Buhari.
Saleh said,
“Attacking Garba Shehu who is the spokesperson for the President is akin to attacking the President himself and I think , this is not good enough. I will urge all of them to resolve any issue at stake privately.”
Aisha is giving wrong impression of her husband – Daura elder
But another elder in Daura, Alhaji Usman Kalgo, said the first lady’s public outburst on Shehu was an insult to Buhari.
Kalgo said,
“The President knew that Garba Shehu was competent before giving him the job of a spokesman and if there is a feud between Aisha and him or any other person, Aisha should respect her husband. She should report Shehu to her husband and not making it public. By making the issue public, she is giving a wrong impression of her husband, which is not good enough.”
Lalu said the feud between the first lady and Shehu or any other person in the Presidency ought to have been resolved behind closed doors.
Lalu said,
“Even if he (President) is busy to attend to her complaints now because of his tight schedule, she will always get time to discuss the issue with the President. There are several ways of making one’s grievances known not by making such public, which will only aggravate matters. This is a strictly private matter and should be settled privately.”
It’s a family affair – Daura emirate
But the Spokesman for the Daura Emirate Council, Mallam Usman Ibrahim, when contacted on the phone, said, “It is a family matter and we don’t speak on family issues.”
Before the 2019 elections, the President’s wife had alleged that those who did not contribute to the election of her husband in 2015, were benefiting from the regime.
The crisis between the first lady and Daura’s family worsened in October, when the President’s nephew’s daughter, Fatima, released a video.
Fatima, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, admitted that she recorded the video that went viral to provide proof for her parents and security officials about Mrs Buhari’s outburst during an encounter with the first lady.
In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service after her return from Europe in October, Mrs Buhari reacted to the viral video.
She said,
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