The First Lady, Aisha Buhari arrived in the United States today and was spotted with a Hermes Birkin handbag estimated to be worth over N40 million naira.
The Hermes Birkins 35cm Porosus Crocodile Gold Hardware bag has however clouded the media of what would seem to have been the original question on the lips of every inquisitive mind, “What Happens Now that Aisha Buhari is in the US?”
Recall that the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose had laid heavy claims some months ago connecting the First lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari to the Halliburton bribery scandal through a series of legal documents containing a certain ‘Aisha Buhari’ he circulated in the press.
To further back up his claims of the connection between the First Lady and the former US Congressman, William Jefferson bribery case, Fayose cited instances in which the First Lady had turned down offers to visit the United States, adding that the move was aimed at protecting herself from law enforcement agencies in the country.
Fayose’s claims were however set to be tested a few weeks after he made the allegation as the First Lady yet again turned down an opportunity to be present at an event in the United states. Following the allegations, Mrs. Buhari slammed Fayose with a law suit which she described through her counsel as a move to show the Ekiti State Governor that ‘nobody is above the law’ even with the benefit of an immunity clause.
However, after the long wait, she finally arrived in US today and seems to have buried the accusations levelled against her by the Ekiti State Governor in her eye-catching luxury fashion accessory.
It would suffice to say Mrs. Buhari made a statement with her entry into the US, as if to tell Fayose that her handbag is worth more than his allegations.