First Lady Aisha Buhari has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to immediately release her aides who are reportedly in detention on the orders of the Chief Security Officer to the President, Idris Kassim.
Mrs Buhari stated this in a Twitter thread on Friday.
Online news platform, Sahara Reporters, had reported that the first lady’s aides, including her aide-de-camp, Usman Shugaba, got arrested after forcibly removing a top presidential aide, Yusuf Sabiu aka Tunde, from Aso Villa.
Mr Sabiu was said to have refused to self-isolate after recently returning from another state.
The news platform further reported that Sabiu got the president’s CSO to arrest the first lady’s aides.
The president’s wife then wrote on Twitter on Friday: “That Covid-19 is real and still very much around in our nation is not in doubt. Consequently, I call on all relevant government agencies to enforce the Quarantine Act signed by Mr. President and ensure no one is found violating this law and the NCDC guidelines especially on interstate travel without the necessary exemptions for movement of essentials.
“Anyone who does that should at the very least be made to undergo a-14 day mandatory isolation no matter who the person is, no one should be above the law and the police command will do well to remember that.
“Finally, I call on the IGP to release my assigned staff who are still in the custody of the police in order to avoid putting their lives in danger or exposure to Covid-19 while in their custody.”
