A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, has opened up about the allegations labeled against Aisha Buhari by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state.
Lamorde clarified that the Aisha Buhari mentioned in the bribery scandal involving a U.S. congressman, Williams Jefferson is not President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife.
Lamorde said: “I can tell you authoritatively that the Aisha Buhari named in that case is not President Buhari’s wife. It is another Aisha Buhari entirely.
“I was the director of operations at the EFCC at the time so I know about the case very well. I can tell you that it is not her (President Buhari’s wife). That much we established.”
“It is unfair to link the President’s wife with that case. She was definitely not the one involved, and Fayose and other Nigerians should know this.”
Mr. Lamorde was the director of operation at the EFCC at the time the US asked Nigeria to investigate the people mentioned and he also coordinated that investigation.