President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed his wife Aisha Buhari for saying that his government had been overtaken by a cabal.
Mr Buhari also demanded evidence for the insinuation in an interview with Voice of America (VOA) Hausa.
The President’s wife during an interview with British Broadcasting Service (BBC) Hausa had alleged that her husband was being controlled by a cabal.
“The president does not know 45 out of 50 of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years. Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position,” She had said.
Aisha had threatened not to vote for her husband if things continued that way.
The president had at the time dismissed that statement by saying his wife belonged to the kitchen and the “other room.”
However, during a summit organised for women by a political group in Abuja recently, Aisha again alleged that two powerful men were holding her husband’s government hostage.
During the VOA chat, a clip of which was posted by a journalist on Twitter, the interviewer asked Buhari to formally respond to the allegations in the light of his wife’s recent statement.
“That’s her business and it shows I am a true democrat by allowing everybody to have an opinion. I challenge those alleging to show single evidence,” Buhari said.
