The Ekiti arm of the PDP has come out with
fresh allegations against the First Lady Aisha Buhari, saying that her
trip to the United States never really happened.
The accusation was contained in a
statement circulated by Lere Olayinka, Governor Ayodele Fayose’s media
aide, saying that the trip could not have been said to be genuine as no
official statement to that effect was issued by the presidency.
“Even the Presidency has not told anyone that wife of the President
travelled to the USA and in official communications, only ignorant and
mischief makers in the APC will belief that a trip to the USA will be
made by Mrs Buhari and Nigerians will only get to know about it through
online media,” it said.
The trip had garnered a lot of attention
within the country with many mocking Fayose over the trip after his
allegations that she could not travel to America due to a supposed
outstanding warrant.
The full statement by the PDP according to Premium Times can be read below.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Ekiti State has said that the State chapter of All Progressives Congress
(APC) comment on the purported visit of the Wife of the President, Mrs
Aisha Buhari to the United States of America (USA) as a function of
total ignorance and mischief, saying; “Even the Presidency has not told
anyone that wife of the President travelled to the USA and in official
communications, only ignorant and mischief makers in the APC will belief that a trip to the USA will be made by Mrs Buhari and Nigerians will only get to know about it through online media.”
The PDP, which said it would have
ignored the APC and allowed those in the party to continue to wallop in
their self-deceit, added that “it is only in the world of the APC that
wife of the President of Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the
world would travel to the USA, ostensibly to debunk her involvement in a
major scam and no television station will report her departure and
arrival. The question is, did she travel to USA or Qatar?”
In a statement issued on Monday by the
State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Jackson Adebayo, the party
said; “If the Presidency has not been bold enough to tell Nigerians that
Mrs Aisha Buhari travelled to the USA on official visit, only a
party of scammers like the APC will go on the rooftops to celebrate photoshoped pictures as evidence of visit to USA.”
The party said “it is strange that
wife of the President of Nigeria could travel to the USA and purportedly
attended events there without international television stations like
CNN, Al jazeera, BBC, Sky News etc and local stations like
Channels TV, NTA, AIT and others reporting it. Or are they still
‘editing’ the video clips?”
While casting doubt at the purported trip, the PDP said: “Even if Mrs
Aisha Buhari actually travelled to the USA, does that erase the fact
that in the judgment delivered by the United State District Court,
Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, USA, in criminal No
1: 07CR209, that indicted the USA Congressman, Williams Jefferson, it
was mentioned that $170,000 was transferred from account in Nigeria in
the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group,
LLC, identifying William Jefferson as beneficiary?”
The statement read further; “As a
party of responsible and discerning minds, the PDP in Ekiti State would
have elected to ignore the APC and allow the party the freedom to
advertise it idiocy. This is more so that the matter is now a subject of
litigation and the no one has denied the existence of the judgment that
indicted Williams Jefferson and featured conspicuously at page 22, the
name of Aisha Buhari as having transferred $170,000 from account in Nigeria to William Jefferson.
“Most importantly, Nigerians have witnessed more heinous forgeries from the APC, one of them being pictorial
claim that President Buhari (as APC presidential candidate then) had an
interview with Kemi Fadojutimi on ‘All Eyes on Africa’ TV show in
London, whereas the interview was held in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
“However, it is important to point out that from all evidences, the pictures circulated as arrival
of President Buhari’s wife at Dulles International Airport, Washington
DC could have been taken at the Doha International Airport, Qatar. Even
on the official website of George Mason University and US Institute of
Peace, USA where the president’s was said to have attended events, there is nothing to show that she attended any event in the two institutions.
“We have seen pictures of Wife of the
Senate President, Toyin Saraki with President Barrack Obama’s wife,
Michelle. We also saw pictures of Mrs Patience Jonathan with Michelle Obama when she visited the USA. Where are Aisha Buhari’s pictures with the First Lady of USA and major government officials from the country? Or could she have arrived and departed from the USA like a spirit?”
“It is even more important that
nothing official has been said about the purported trip. Not from the
President’s spokespersons.”
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