Senator Misau’s Jeeps Allegation: Count Me Out – Mrs Buhari

BY ALIJO SYLVESTER, ABUJA – The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari on Thursday declared that since her husband’s assumption of office as President of Nigeria, she has not received any vehicle from the Nigeria Police Force.

Mrs Buhari, who was reacting to allegations made by Senator Hamma Misau before the Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions probing his allegations against the Inspector General of Police, said she did not at any time receive the mentioned vehicles from the IGP.

In a statement by her Director of Information, Suleiman Haruna, Mrs Buhari said the vehicles she is still using belong to her family and were the ones used during the campaign for 2015 elections, including the one for her entourage.

The statement read in part; “Our attention has been drawn to the news being widely circulated, and attributed to a member of the Senate, that two SUVs from the Inspector General of Police were given to the Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari personally. The Wife of the President wants to make it clear that since the assumption of office of her husband as President of Nigeria, she did not receive these mentioned vehicles. 

“Furthermore, the vehicles she is still using belong to the family and were the ones used during the campaign for 2015 elections including the one for her entourage.”