Yusuf Bello| One of the daughters of the President, Zahra Buhari-Indimi, has denied defrauding the Federal Government of Nigeria of N51bn, N2.5bn, or any amount.
Zahra who stated this in a letter dated March 8, 2021, and signed by her lawyer, Nasiru Aliyu (SAN), and addressed to online news platform, Sahara Reporters, said no foundation owned by her was transferred or credited with such money.
The President’s daughter in the letter accused Sahara Reporters of “injurious defamation” in a story published on March 5, 2021, titled, ‘How APC Chieftain, Danu, Custom Boss Defrauded Nigerian Government of N51bn, Wired N2.5bn To Buhari’s Daughter’.
The publication had claimed that Nasiru Danu wired N2.5bn out of the said N51bn to Buhari’s daughter through her “foundation”.
The letter read in part, “Contrary to the said allegations in your (Sahara Reporters’) publications under the reference, our client’s position is that, while she is truly the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, she has never perpetrated any fraud nor involved in any fraudulent activity.
“Our client categorically states that she did not defraud the Federal Republic of Nigeria N51 Billion or N2.5 Billion or any sum of money at all in any way.
“Our client is a law-abiding citizen and fulltime housewife supported by her husband.”
Zahra who Described the Sahara Reporter’s publication as false and injurious, demanded that Sahara Reporters retract the publication, and tender a public apology in three national dailies within seven days of receipt of the letter or she will “seek all remedies available in law”.
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