Wife
of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has said that the money spent by
the Nigerian High Commission in the United Kingdom (UK) on the lounge
when she visited London recently was a far cry from the £32,000 landing
fees for private jets of former Nigerian First Ladies.
An online news portal had in a recent report alleged that Aisha is swindling the Nigerian High Commission by abusing her privilege anytime she travels to the UK. The news portal showed some documents to buttress the claim.
One of the documents showed that Mrs. Buhari was in London in October 2016 and claimed the High Commission allotted the sum of £10,000 for her expenditures, including an extravagant VIP reception on her arrival at the airport.
The memo showed that Aisha was booked to receive VIP treatment at Windsor Suites at Heathrow that cost £1,500 per passenger. She was then scheduled to attend an event in Brussels and other places before returning to London.
But replying via a statement she released through her Special Assistant on Media, Adebisi Olumide-Ajayi and made available to newsmen, she lamented that the nonstop publication of what according to her, are unfounded stories by the news portal against her, has become worrisome.
“The High Commission has its internal administrative procedure, and it is not within the purview of the wife of the President to ask for diplomatic files.
“Furthermore, that the said memo showed little or no knowledge of Her Excellency’s itinerary proves the simple fact we earlier submitted that she had no direct business with the embassy to warrant the accusation of waste or corruption insinuated in the report.
“Part of the wife of the President’s trips abroad are for her NGO, which is not funded by the Government, and It is not uncommon to have stopover in Britain like any other country as the case may be.
An online news portal had in a recent report alleged that Aisha is swindling the Nigerian High Commission by abusing her privilege anytime she travels to the UK. The news portal showed some documents to buttress the claim.
One of the documents showed that Mrs. Buhari was in London in October 2016 and claimed the High Commission allotted the sum of £10,000 for her expenditures, including an extravagant VIP reception on her arrival at the airport.
The memo showed that Aisha was booked to receive VIP treatment at Windsor Suites at Heathrow that cost £1,500 per passenger. She was then scheduled to attend an event in Brussels and other places before returning to London.
But replying via a statement she released through her Special Assistant on Media, Adebisi Olumide-Ajayi and made available to newsmen, she lamented that the nonstop publication of what according to her, are unfounded stories by the news portal against her, has become worrisome.
“The High Commission has its internal administrative procedure, and it is not within the purview of the wife of the President to ask for diplomatic files.
“Furthermore, that the said memo showed little or no knowledge of Her Excellency’s itinerary proves the simple fact we earlier submitted that she had no direct business with the embassy to warrant the accusation of waste or corruption insinuated in the report.
“Part of the wife of the President’s trips abroad are for her NGO, which is not funded by the Government, and It is not uncommon to have stopover in Britain like any other country as the case may be.
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