A top source told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the First Lady has now relocated quietly to the UAE for over three months. No one knows when she would return to the country.
Nigeria's First Lady,
Mrs Aisha Buhari, has been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since September
after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, and has therefore not been involved
in any government activity, SaharaReporters has gathered.
SaharaReporters
gathered that the First Lady is not in a hurry to return, despite spending over
three months, as she reportedly stated that the Aso Rock Villa was not secure
for her family.
This concern was
triggered by a shooting incident which occurred in June and caused some panic
among occupants of the Aso Villa.
SaharaReporters had
reported that there was a crisis in Aso Villa after security details of the
President's wife removed Buhari's Personal Assistant, Sabiu 'Tunde' Yusuf, from
the place after he refused to embark on a 14-day isolation period upon
returning from a trip to Lagos.
Shortly afterwards,
the First Lady's ADC, Usman Shugaba, in an attempt to apprehend Yusuf,
reportedly fired gunshots but the President's aide escaped to the residence of
Mamman Daura where he spent the night.
Yusuf soon ordered the
arrest of Aisha's ADC and other security details in connivance with Buhari's
chief security officer. Buhari had ordered a probe into the alleged security
breach inside the Presidential Villa.
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Sacks Security Details Over Aso Villa Crisis | Sahara Reporters
Inside sources say the
latest step by @NGRPresident could further stir bad blood among different power
blocs in Aso Villa, especially with the First Lady...
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It will be recalled
that on September 4, Aisha Buhari held a flamboyant wedding for President
Muhammadu Buhari's daughter, Hanan, and Mohammed Turad.
Apart from the
opulence on display, event planners for the wedding were flown in from Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, to add colour and spice to the ceremony.
Earlier in August, the
First Lady had also flown to Dubai in a private jet owned by billionaire
Mohammed Indimi under the guise of a medical emergency to shop for luxury items
ahead of the wedding.
Most of the items,
including souvenirs used for the wedding occasion, were brought in from the
Arabian country.
A top source told
SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the First Lady has now relocated quietly to the
UAE for over three months. No one knows when she would return to the country.
The Presidency source
said, "Aisha Buhari has relocated quietly to Dubai. She has been going to
the UAE even before the daughter's wedding.
"Before the
wedding, she also stayed there for months during lockdown, shopping and
relaxing. But since the end of the wedding, she has been away owing to security
concerns in the villa."
Some Nigerians have
noticed her disappearance from the public space for the past three months.
Checks on her Twitter page shows she last tweeted in October.
SaharaReporters
gathered that occasionally, she issued statements announcing the distribution
of palliatives but has never been seen at any official functions.
The September wedding,
which had security personnel prohibiting guests from taking photographs, saw
the event planners and other vendors flown in from Dubai pocketing huge amounts
in United States dollars for their services.
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