Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Youth and Sports, has slammed the First Lady, Aisha Buhari.
He condemned Aisha Buhari over the arrest and torture of a final-year student of the Federal University Dutse, Aminu Muhammed.
Muhammed is a student of Federal University, Dutse who was assaulted, detained and remanded for allegedly criticising Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari.
On Wednesday, it was reported that the police had secretly arraigned Muhammed before a Federal Capital Territory High Court and remanded him in prison custody.
Muhammed was arrested for tweeting that Aisha was feeding fat on poor people’s money.
The final-year student in the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, in June 2022 posted on Twitter that Mrs Buhari had suddenly added weight after taking part in plundering the nation’s meagre resources as the masses endured hardship under her husband’s regime.
The wife of the President is known for taking frivolous trips to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The tweet, which was posted in Hausa reads: “Su mama anchi kudin talkawa ankoshi.”
He described Aisha’s actions as a big threat to democracy, adding that the wife of the president is not superior to other Nigerian.
He said: “Let me condemn in categorical terms, the tyranny, the abuse of power, and the dictatorship that are coming out of the sanctuary of leadership in Nigeria, which is the Aso Rock.
“Disheartening reports of the deployment of security to kidnap innocent Nigerians by the wife of the president, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, beating them mercilessly, and handing them over to security to be detained, is a highly condemnable act by every right-thinking human being all over the world.
“It’s a shame that this is happening under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari. It is a big threat to democracy. The wife of the president is no better than any other Nigerian except being the wife of the president.
“That she went out of her way, to kidnap Aminu Muhammed, a 400-level student from [Federal University Dutse] Jigawa, and also abducted someone who had worked with her, Zainab Kazeem, and brought them to the Villa, instructed her security to beat them mercilessly, and subsequently handed them over to be detained by the security forces of Nigeria.
“This is very disheartening and shameful. Aisha Buhari has no right to order the arrest of any Nigerian. That she’s married to the president of Nigeria does not confer any advantage on her to take the laws into her own hands.”
Mr Dalung called on the Inspector General of Police to order an investigation into the matter and invite her for questioning.
“If the two people have breached the law, the only option open to her is to invite the police for questioning. But kidnapping them and taking them to the presidential villa and organising security men to beat them up is a breach of the law.
“Aisha Buhari has no immunity, and the Inspector General of Police must invite her for investigation and questioning.
