Buhari, has given the Governor of the Ekiti state
Ayo Fayose, five days to apologise or face legal
action.
The ultimatum which Mrs. Buhari issued to the
governor, demanding to drop his accusations,
expired on June 29, Wednesday.
Mr. Fayose didn’t apologise to Buhari’s wife for
linking her to American Congressman William
Jefferson’s bribery scandal of which the US
legislator was convicted in 2009.
Daily Trust reports that the media director in the
Office of the Wife of the President, Zakari Nadabo,
confirmed that the office had not received any
message from the governor as of 7.00pm of
Wednesday.
He also revealed that the wife of the president
had left Nigeria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
for lesser hajj.
Nigeria’s anti-graft commission has on June 20
frozen bank accounts of Ayo Fayose.
The Ekiti governor reacting to the news issued a
statement which contained excerpts of court
documents sourced from the United States
Department of Justice Website.
He stated that Aisha Buhari was an accomplice in
the bribery scandal that landed Jefferson in jail.
In 2009, Jefferson was found guilty of 11 counts of
corruption and was sentenced to 13 years’
imprisonment.
Aisha Buhari through her lawyers, Ismaila Alasa and Mary Ekpere, defined Fasoye’s accusation as “very wild and unfounded” as well as threatened to drag the governor to court if the statement was not retracted within five working days.
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