Ebun Francis|
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the media, the opposition parties and indeed, Nigerians to expose his wife, Aisha, or his son, Yusuf if they are found to have benefitted from government deals.
Buhari threw the challenge during an interview aired on Arise TV which was monitored in Lagos.
The President described as unfair allegations that he was protecting some corrupt persons in his government while those in the opposition were being hounded.
Buhari flanked by wife, Aisha, and son, Yusuf
He said, “It is a very unfair allegation against my integrity. I don’t think… anyway, you are in a position to find out and if you do so, I don’t care. Publish it even if my son or my wife has a company and they are involved in deals with customs and excise and so on, bringing in illegal goods or whatever, I challenge you to do that.”
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party and the campaign oganisation of their presidential candidate, Atiku recently accused President Buhari’s relations of using funds earmarked to fight the Boko Haram insurgency to acquire shares of Etisalat and KeyStone bank.
They have, however, been unable to substantiate the allegation.