The wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has not taken kindly to suggestions from an opposition governor that she was involved in a US corruption scandal.
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Premium Times reported on Wednesday night that Mrs. Buhari had dragged Fayose to court for tarnishing her image.
According to Premium Times, a court order was issued on Wednesday, July 20 although it is not known if the governor will appear in court considering he has immunity against criminal prosecution as a sitting governor.
Ozekhome (SAN), who told The Punch that that his client had not been served with Aisha’s court papers, questioned whether the first lady had the right to sue a governor who had immunity under section 308 of the 1999 constitution.
The judge approved the service and asked that it be done either through a courier service or publication in an online media.
Recall that the President’s wife had on several occasions denied involvement in the scam and threatened to sue Fayose.
He said by virtue of Section 308 of the constitution, he remained immune from legal attacks until the end of his tenure.
He said: “We have not been served Mrs. Aisha Buhari’s writ against Governor Fayose”.
In the court documents for the Jefferson case, one Aisha Buhari in Nigeria was named as the holder of one of the accounts from which transfers were made to the disgraced Democrat, who was found to have taken around $500,000 in bribes.
“Therein, the name of the President’s wife featured conspicuously”.
Fayose’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, insisted that his client was correct, stating that Aisha Buhari was named in the court judgment on Jefferson, whom he claimed was also involved in the Halliburton case.
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Fayose last month alleged that Mrs. Buhari was the “Aisha Buhari” named in a US court document, alleged to have been involved in a bribery case involving a convicted former USA lawmaker, Williams Jefferson.
