Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari, presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has said that she is not a
foreigner as being speculated in some quarters.
She spoke through Mrs. Deborah Iliya, a chieftain of APC in Kaduna State
who represented her at the public presentation of a book, “Wind of change: 72
leadership qualities of Buhari,” written by a civil rights activist and
Executive Director of Gatekeepers Foundation, Mr. Blessing Agbomhere, on
Friday.
“Let me use this opportunity to deliver a message because there may not
be another opportunity to deliver it. We know what is going on in the country
today. It has reached the stage that people are hunting for Buhari not to reach
that day of election.
“They have also said that Aisha Buhari is not a Nigerian. Aisha said I
should tell everyone that she is a Nigerian. Does it even matter if she is not
a Nigerian? What has that got to do with what is happening in this country?”
Iliya stated.
Iliya further quoted Buhari’s wife to have rooted for a woman president
in Nigeria in the nearest future as part of the total change package.
She said, “Aisha said she is pleased because the author is a young man;
this is an indication that our youths have always understood the problems of
this country and they are really pulling us together to fight a common front
and that is change.
“We need change in Nigeria. For the past six years, we have been
suffering; I wish a woman has been President we wouldn’t have been in this
mess. So women, she (Aisha) has asked that I should encourage you to come out
and be part of nation building. We are powerful; we are strong and stronger
than the men.
“Please support women and next time we will have a woman President in
Nigeria.”
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