American authorities have responded to the
enquiries about Aisha Buhari's complicity in the
popular Halliburton bribery scandal that confined
a U.S congressman, Williams Jefferson behind
bars on a lengthy note.
Governor Ayodele Fayose's weighty allegation of
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the Nigerian President's
involvement in the Halliburton bribery scandal has
been cleared by the United States government,
according to the Punch.
This was revealed by an electronic mail sent to the
media outfit by the acting Public Affairs Officer, US
Consulate General, Lagos, Frank Sellin on Thursday
following an enquiry after Fayose accused
President Muhammadu Buhari's wife of avoiding
America to prevent her arrest.
In a message, Sellin said, “Thank you for the
inquiry. We have no information to provide on this
matter.”
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, had, last
month, alleged that Mrs. Buhari was involved in the
$185m Halliburton scandal.
While reacting to the freezing of his Zenith Bank
accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Fayose claimed that the wife of the
President was a wanted person in the US.
He had said, “Even the President cannot claim to
be an angel. The estate he built in Abuja is known
to us. His wife was indicted in the Halliburton
scandal. When that American, Jefferson, was being
sentenced, the President’s wife was mentioned as
having wired $170,000 to Jefferson.
"Her name was on page 25 of the sentencing of
Jefferson. We can serialise the judgment for people
to see and read.”
