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| Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari |
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to Department of State Services’ (DSS) investigation of a fraud suspect who claimed to be her sister.
Her spokesman, Suleiman Haruna, in a statement on Wednesday, said Aisha
was not involved in the case.
The statement reads, “She wishes to state categorically that Mariyatu
is not her sister and the so called Amina Mohammed is not and was never
her associate and is therefore not in a position to transact any
business in her name or that of her office.
“She wishes to further state that she does not run businesses in her
office, therefore whoever does business with anyone in her name will be
doing so at his/her own risk.
“As for staff of her office, she wishes to state that anyone found to
be engaged in fraudulent dealings, will face the full wrath of the
law.”
Speaking with reporters, DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, had
disclosed that Amina disguised herself as Aisha Buhari to fleece a
Lagos-based business mogul of N150 million.
He said, “The importance of this conference is to unveil the identity
of a suspect that had an unauthorized access to the Aso Rock
Presidential Villa and used the Office of the First Lady to engage in a
fraudulent act.
“The woman, who is being paraded, has adopted various aliases and
used the same false identities to defraud several unsuspecting persons
before she was discovered.
“Amina Mohammed, also known as Justina Oluoha and Amina Villa, had on
November 22, 2017, paraded herself as the First Lady of Kogi State.
“She used the false identity to evade protocol and scrutiny thus
gaining unauthorized access into the Villa, and particularly the
residence of the First Lady and wife of the president, Hajia Aisha
Buhari.
“She took advantage of the fact that personalities such as first
ladies, ministers and certain categories of officials are not taken
through rigorous protocol and security checks at the Villa posts.
“What may even surprise you is that Amina, whose phone number is
registered with the name, Amina Villa, had on the said date invited
(names withheld) into the Villa wherein she made him believe the
invitation was at the instance of the First Lady.
“Investigation has revealed that the First Lady was away on lesser
hajj and not in the Villa during the period. The businessman had
complained that he was fleeced of over N150 million in respect of a
Court of Appeal property in Lagos, which Amina had promised to help him
buy through the First Lady.
“The property was said to have been part of those under the
Presidential Implementation Committee on Lease of Federal Government
Properties.
“Investigation has shown that this unholy enterprise is not to the
knowledge of the First Lady. What Amina simply did was to use the First
Lady’s name and office as bait to lure and defraud her victims.
“Members of the public are advised to be wary of individuals or
groups that drop names and offices of high government officials to
defraud them.”
Narrating her own side of the story, Amina said, “The DSS did not
arrest me, I came here on their invitation. I am not a fraudster; the
sisters of the First Lady are involved in this business. I cannot accept
this allegation.
“The former SGF, is involved in this fraud. Aisha’s sister is
involved. I did not dupe him because he usually gave bribe to buy
Federal Government property. The directors in the ministry have been
involved in getting bribe before bidding is concluded.
“He knows the process and taking him into Villa was not an attempt to
defraud him but because Aisha’s sister was involved. I cannot allow
anybody to put me to shame to the whole world.”
When pressed further, she added, “Ask the First Lady’s sisters, ex-SGF is involved. Leave me alone.”
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