Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari finally returns after reportedly fleeing to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, six months ago.
Mrs. Buhari arrived Nigeria on the night of Wednesday, March 17, 2021, and is currently in the statehouse, Abuja.
Aisha quietly moved to Dubai since September 2020, after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, and has therefore not been involved in any government activity.
GhanaTalksRadio gathered that the First Lady was not in a hurry to return, as she reportedly stated that the Aso Rock Villa was not secure for her family.
A 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.”
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BACKGROUND
This concern was triggered by a shooting incident which occurred in June and caused some panic among occupants of the Aso Villa.
It was reported that there was 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.
