Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari has weighed in on the ongoing crisis
rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, berating her husband’s
actions which she said are leading to disappointment and frustration.
Mrs. Buhari made this known during an interview with BBC Hausa, which
was partly aired on Tuesday, Mrs. Buhari is heard criticizing her
husband saying that those behind the crisis felt aggrieved that they
laboured for, and helped the APC to power in 2015, but received no
compensation.
Speaking further, the first lady stated her fears of a rebellion of the
millions of masses who voted for president Buhari. The interview will be
fully aired on Friday, 14 October.
‘BBC:‘ Our listeners, before we continue, this is an announcement
(interlude). It is almost 2 years since the inauguration of President
Muhammadu Buhari administration. But some people are complaining that
they do not understand which direction the government is facing. This
same sentiment was expressed by the closest person to the President.
Aisha Buhari: “Some people have been dividing the heads (causing
disunity) amongst the members of APC, and this is giving us problems at
the moment. This is because many in the party feel they were the ones
who worked for the emergence of the President, but they were nowhere to
be found today. Those who did not undergo any trouble, those who do not
even have voter’s card, are the ones sitting pretty well on top of
everybody…What I am afraid for them is the rebellion of 15 million
people… Whether the President know this or not, those who voted for him
know. There is nothing I am going to tell him, after all, he can see. Of
all the people he appointed, assuming they are 50, if you ask him; he
didn’t know more than 5. Even me I don’t know them, and I have been with
him (the President) for 27 years”.
Asked whether the President told her of his 2019 plans, the First Lady
said she wasn’t told anything. “But I have already taken my own
decision”, she said.
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