Again, Aisha Buhari orders arrest of critics, three in police net
The police in Nigeria have intensified crackdown on critics of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s wife, Aisha Buhari, arresting three people in the process, Daily Nigerian reported in an exclusive story.
In November 2022, the Nigeria police had arrested a final-year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Mohammed and one Zainab Kazeem, a former aide to Mrs. Buhari.
While the student was arrested for criticizing the first lady’s size that ballooned recently, the former aide was arrested for allegedly getting access to the first lady’s Instagram account and deleting her posts.
The duo was later released, and charges dropped against them, following widespread outcry over their illegal arrest, detention and torture.
Daily Nigerian reported that the police have continued crackdown on Mrs. Buhari’s social media critics, arresting three people, Salisu Isyaku, Salisu Habib and Zubairu Ahmed in lieu of a female suspect, Kaltim Ahmed
According to security sources, the three “suspects” were arrested on December 14, 2022, and detained in Abuja without access to their families and lawyers.
But who is Kaltim Ahmed?
Daily Nigerian described Ms Ahmed as a fiery irredentist who criticises Fulani domination of Hausa in audio messages shared on Whatsapp and other social media platforms. She was reported to have lambasted Mrs Buhari for ordering the arrest of the final year student and participating in brutalizing him.
While daring Mrs Buhari to arrest her, Ms Ahmed said in the audio posted on a Youtube channel @jarumhausatv that the first lady’s grandparents were itinerant foreigners wandering in the bush.
“Your husband deceived us, lying and crying. It is good that we elected him, and his election had exposed all the Fulanis in Nigeria.
“Your government is silent about killing of Hausa people by Fulani. The southerners have rained all manner of abuses against you, but you are silent. Now you are here intimidating Northerners,” she said in the audio.
Daily Nigerian claimed that detectives from the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) at the force headquarters tracked the trio and arrested them over their alleged “contact” with the principal suspect.
A security source at the presidency was quoted to have said that one of the suspects, Salisu Isyaku, is a bureau de change operator, who was arrested for exchanging Saudi riyals to naira to her.
“Initially, he was charged with terrorism financing but later changed to cyber stalking when police realised that the transaction between them was not up to N500, 000.
“The police are under intense pressure from Madam [first lady] to deal with the suspects. She wanted the suspects to be charged.
“Even the release of Dutse university student was not done with her consent, and she was angry with IG [Inspector-General of Police] over the withdrawal of charges against the boy,” the source told this newspaper.
Daily Nigerian said Nigeria police spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, did not respond to inquiry on the matter.
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