He acted alone! Aisha Buhari disowns ADC, asks those defrauded to chase after him

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to reports that she ordered the arrest of her aide over N2.5 billion donations-related fraud.

The Office of the Wife of the President released a statement Tuesday evening confirming the involvement of her Aide De Camp, Sani Baban-Inna, and the nature of the scandal as widely reported.

While reinforcing her reported position that Baban-Inna had been using her name to defraud unsuspecting members of the public seeking access to her, Aisha Buhari however denied knowledge of the scheme and asked all those allegedly defrauded to chase after him for refund.

The part of the report stating that she ordered the aide’s arrest was also denied.

Full statement below:

Press Statement from the Wife of the President

The attention of wife of the President, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has been drawn to some media publications and releases purporting illegal detention of her Aide De Camp (ADC) over allegations of fraud.

The story as it pertains to her ADC, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Sani Baban-Inna has it that he has been detained on the orders of Her Excellency for dropping her name and defrauding unsuspecting officials and associates. She wishes to use this opportunity to refute such allegation and to state that she has no hand in his arrest and detention.

CSP Sani Baban-Inna has been her ADC since 2016 and has been associated with her ever since. To the utter dismay of Her Excellency, he has used the opportunity to defraud unsuspecting associates and officials as initial investigations have shown.

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The Nigeria Police Force, his employers arrested him to investigate the allegations leveled against him, this, being within their jurisdiction.

She therefore wishes to use this opportunity to inform the general public that she has never sent any of her staff to collect any favours on her behalf or on behalf of her children and will never do so. She is therefore imploring anyone that has been defrauded by Mr. Baban-Inna to get across to him to retrieve whatever he took from them. Mrs. Buhari wishes to reiterate that she will not condone fraudulent behavior by any of her staff.

She uses this opportunity to call on all those in positions of authority to rise above intimidation by their aides and deal with such attitudes as extortion by name-dropping, especially within the Presidency. As she always emphasizes, this government was voted into office based on the trust and confidence of the people.

Suleiman Haruna
Director of Information
to Wife of the President
State House
Abuja

 

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