An aide of the wife of the president Aisha Buhari has been handed to the police by the State Security Service (SSS) for offences bordering on fraud.
The SSS announced in a statement on Wednesday.
A chief superintendent of police Sani Baba-Inna served as aide de camp to the first lady until he was arrested in September for allegedly using his office and Mrs Buhari’s name for influence peddling to the tune of N2.5 billion.
“He has been handed over to the police for further administrative action,” SSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya said in the statement.
The SSS absolved Mrs Buhari from her aide’s alleged fraudulent activities.
“Investigation, however, disclosed that he was never, at any given time or circumstance, directly or indirectly, instructed, by the First Lady, to act or collect, in her name, money or material gifts from any person(s) or group(s),” it said.
The SSS said Mr Baba-Ina would now be disciplined by the police, after forwarding the outcome of its investigation into the alleged fraud.
Mr Afunanya did not categorically say whether or not the investigation uncovered suspected illicit funds with Baba-Ina or the precise amount.
It was gathered that after Baba-Ina’s arrest, the police had looked into the matter but found nothing incriminating to hold against him before the matter was transferred to the SSS for further probe.
Baba-Ina strongly denied all allegations of wrongdoing against him.
