First Lady, Aisha Buhari has alleged that
Alhaji Mamman Daura gave a presidential directive without her husband’s
knowledge.
Until
recently, Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari lives in Glass
House inside the presidential villa.
The
statement reads in full:
Garba Shehu Has Gone Beyond His Boundaries
Nigeria’s
development is hinged on the ability of public officials to execute their
mandates professionally, and to be shining examples in their various areas of
endeavor. It is not a good sign when officials abandoned their responsibility
and start clutching at straws.
As
spokesperson of the President, he has the onerous responsibility of managing
the image of the President and all the good works that he is executing in the
country. Rather than face this responsibility squarely, he has shifted his
loyalty from the President to others who have no stake in the compact that the
President signed with Nigerians on May 29, 2015 and 2019.
To make matters worse, Mr. Shehu has
presented himself to these people as a willing tool and executioner of their
antics, from the corridors of power even to the level of interfering with the
family affairs of the President. This should not be so. The blatant meddling in
the affairs of a First Lady of a country is a continuation of the prodigal
actions of those that he serves. We all remember that the chief proponent
appropriated to himself and his family a part of the Presidential Villa, where
he stayed for almost 4 years and when the time came for him to leave, he
orchestrated and invaded my family’s privacy through a video circulated by
Mamman’s Daughter, Fatima, the public was given the impression that on arrival
into the country I was locked out of the villa by Mr. President. Garba Shehu as
Villa Spokesperson, knew the truth and had the responsibility to set the
records straight, but because his allegiance is somewhere else and his loyalty misplaced,
he deliberately refused to clear the air and speak for the President who
appointed him in the first place. Consequently, his action has shown a complete
breakdown of trust between the First Family and him.
Mr. Shehu
was privy and part of the plan and it’s execution and he was shocked when he
realized that I had publicized my return to Nigeria on October 12, 2019 and
cleared the air on the many rumors that took over social media, a job he was
supposed to do but kept mute to cause more confusion and instability for his
Principal and his family.
Garba then, vented his anger on the National Television Authority (NTA)
Management insisting that the media crew to my office must be sacked. He
succeeded in getting them suspended for doing their job. I had to intervene to
save the innocent staff from losing their means of livelihood by involving the
Department of State Services (DSS) in order to ascertain roles played by key
actors in the saga.
It is at this late hour that I recall, sadly,
that it was the same Garba Shehu who claimed that the government will not allow
office of the First Lady to run. He was later to confirm to one of my aides
that he was instructed to say so by Mamman Daura and not the President. This
antic attracted the anger of Nigerian women. He didn’t realize the fact that
First Lady’s office is a tradition which has become an institution.
Today, even without a budget, I am able run my humanitarian programmes.
Today, even without a budget, I am able run my humanitarian programmes.
In saner climes, Garba Shehu would have
resigned immediately after going beyond his boundaries and powers.
GARBA SHEHU NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED.
The latest of his antics was to wage a war on the first family through an orchestrated media campaign of calumny by sponsoring pseudo accounts to write and defame my children and myself.
GARBA SHEHU NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED.
The latest of his antics was to wage a war on the first family through an orchestrated media campaign of calumny by sponsoring pseudo accounts to write and defame my children and myself.
Based on
Garba Shehu’s misguided sense of loyalty and inability to stay true and loyal
to one person or group, it has become apparent that all trust has broken down
between him and my family due to the many embarrassments he has caused the
Presidency and the first family. We all have families to consider in our
actions and therefore it is in the best interest of all concerned for Garba
Shehu to take the advice of the authority, given to him sometimes in the first
week of November, 2019.
Aisha
Muhammadu Buhari
First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria
11th December, 2019
Culled from Elombah.com
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