The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti
State has accused the state’s All Progressives Congress of ignorance and
mischief over its comment on the purported visit of the Wife of the
President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, to the United States of America.
The party noted that even the Presidency had not told anyone that the wife of the President travelled to the USA.
The APC had in a statement on Sunday
said the eventual travelling of Mrs. Buhari to the United States had
exposed Governor Ayodele Fayose as a “shameless liar.”
However, in a statement issued on Monday
by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, the PDP, which
said it would have ignored the APC and allowed those in the party to
continue to wallow in their self-deceit, wondered why no television
station reported her departure and arrival.
He said, “The question is, did she
travel to USA or Qatar? If the Presidency has not been bold enough to
tell Nigerians that Mrs. Aisha Buhari travelled to the USA on official
visit, only a party of scammers like the APC will go on the rooftops to
celebrate photoshoped pictures as evidence of visit to USA.
While casting doubt at the trip, the PDP
said Mrs. Buhari purported trip to the US did not erase the fact that
her name was mentioned in the judgment delivered by the US District
Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, USA, in
criminal No 1: 07CR209, that indicted the USA Congressman, Williams
Jefferson.
The statement added, “Most importantly,
Nigerians have witnessed more heinous forgeries from the APC, one of
them being pictorial claim that President Buhari (as the APC
presidential candidate then) had an interview with Kemi Fadojutimi on
‘All Eyes on Africa’ TV show in London, whereas the interview was held
in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
“However, it is important to point out
that from all evidences, the pictures circulated as arrival of President
Buhari’s wife at Dulles International Airport, Washington DC could have
been taken at the Doha International Airport, Qatar. Even on the
official website of George Mason University and US Institute of Peace,
USA where the President’s wife was said to have attended events, there
is nothing to show that she attended any event in the two institutions.
“We have seen pictures of Wife of the
Senate President, Toyin Saraki with President Barrack Obama’s wife,
Michelle. We also saw pictures of Mrs. Patience Jonathan with Michelle
Obama when she visited the USA. Where are Aisha Buhari’s pictures with
the First Lady of USA and major government officials from the country?
Or could she have arrived and departed from the USA like a spirit?
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