Aisha Buhari, wife of the president, has asked Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP), to release her aides from detention.
Sabiu Yusuf, a personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari had, according to media reports, ordered the police to arrest the first lady’s aides after they ejected him from the presidential villa for not complying with COVID-19 safety measures.
The aide who is the president’s nephew, was said to have been evicted from the villa after he returned from Lagos to Abuja on Monday and refused all entreaties to go on self-isolation as stated in the NCDC protocol.
The president’s wife who is known to be quite outspoken posted several messages on her social media handle calling the police boss to release her aides who were picked up after a scuffle in the Villa which drew strong condemnation from from a cross section of Nigerians who want the president to exercise greater control over his household and spare the nation the embarrassment such a show of shame could bring.
