President Buhari rose yesterday in his own defence over allegation that he has abandoned his duties as Nigeria’s leader to his cousin, Mallam Mamman Daura.
He said there is no truth in the claim and he remains
the country’s only president.
Buhari spoke in an interview on The Osasu Show, an online medium.
Asked by his interviewer whether “Alhaji Mamman Daura is the true president, while he (Buhari) is the unofficial vice-president,” he said: “I don’t know where they get their news from.”
He added: “I stood for the election. I visited every local government in Nigeria, I travelled by road, by air, and so on, and we had one of the most credible election. So whoever feels he has lost somehow is his own problem, I have no problem.”
Buhari similarly reacted to allegations that the humanitarian aid for children in the Northeast may have been abused by those in charge of it.
He said, “There is a legal instrument developed for how to ensure equal distribution of funds be it for food items, educational or health infrastructure.”
President Buhari pointed out that it is left for the integrity committee charged with handling the aid to share it appropriately.
First Lady Aisha Buhari had, in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa Service interview earlier this month, claimed that some people she did not name were imposing political appointees on the president.
Mrs. Buhari was also asked whether the president was in charge of his administration, to which she responded thus: “That is left for the people to decide.”
Moment after the interview went on air, President who was in Germany at the time, laughed off Aisha’s comment and said: “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.
“So I claim superior knowledge over her and the rest of the opposition, because in the end I have succeeded. It’s not easy to satisfy the whole Nigerian opposition parties or to participate in the government.”
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