Fatima, daughter of Mamman Daura (Buhari’s older nephew), has
denied social media claims that alleged her father is arranging a
second marriage for President Muhammadu Buhari.
This is coming after a claim by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari
that the angry voice in a mysterious footage that got all of social
media talking, belonged to her.
In an interview with BBC Hausa Service monitored by TheCable,
Fatima said her father and Buhari are monogamists.
“Wallahi, it is a lie. It is all part of what I am saying about
the false allegations against our father. He is not even aware of
the rumours about the marriage issue because he doesn’t use the
social media. They are both monogamous. Both my dad and the
president practice monogamy. They are all lies aimed at
blackmailing him. They keep falsely accusing him. It does not tally
with reason,” she said.
Fatima specifically denied the insinuation that her father was
teleguiding the president, describing him as a shy person who only
minds his business.
Asked if her father was indeed controlling the president, she
replied: “I think the question should be directed to her (Aisha).
If one would be objective, one would understand that they (Buhari
and Daura) grew up together, shared the same friends and did a lot
of things together, so if any one is appointed that is close to our
dad, that person is also close to the president. They have been
together and they do things together. Everyone has his own
confidant that he listens to. I think that is the reason for the
allegations. They are very close friends. They are also related by
blood so there is no way you can separate them.”
She swore that her father is not the one controlling the
president.
“Wallahi, it is not like that. You guys are journalists, you can
investigate and see how our father is. He is a shy fellow, doesn’t
talk a lot and hardly cares about other people’s businesses. Even
we as his children, he doesn’t impose things on us,” she told the
BBC.
“You know the president can seek his advice but he is not the
kind of fellow that will impose or insist on something. He can
simply advise and stay away at home minding his business. He hardly
speaks, he is 80 years old. When you talk to him about the
allegations, he says you should not bother yourselves, that God is
clearing his sins by such false accusations. If you are reasonable,
you will see that the powers being allotted to our father by his
accusers are wrong. It is only God that has such powers. It doesn’t
make sense.”
She said she feels sad that her father is being blamed for the
goings-on in government.
“Definitely, it is sad to hear your father being wrongly
accused. But for the fact that our father is solely dependent on
God and we are also like that, it doesn’t bother us much. We see it
as the price we have to pay for being loyal to the president, for
being there for him and for supporting him. One day, the truth will
come out,” she said.
Recalled that Mrs Buhari returned to the country, two days after
the rumour that President Muhammadu Buhari was getting married to
Sadiya Umar Farouq, his Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development on Friday, October 11, 2019.
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