Isah Misau has denied making any allegation against Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, as was widely reported on Thursday.
Misau made the denial via his Twitter handle, saying his allegation was strictly against Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police.
The controversial senator had made several allegations of corruption and abuse of office against the Idris, but on Wednesday, while appearing before a senate committee investigating the allegations, Misau claimed to be in possession of documents detailing how Idris procured two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for Aisha Buhari’s personal use.
However, no sooner had the report broken than Aisha took to Twitter to deny the claims, saying that she still uses her personal cars.
Later on Thursday, Misau tweeted that he “did not make any allegations against the person of the highly revered Wife of the President”.
He said that it was rather the IGP who, in his quest to paint him black, “leaked” correspondence he had with the President in some “secret documents” he filed in court.
See Misau’s tweets below:
1. For the avoidance of doubt, I did not make any allegations against the person of the highly revered Wife of the President @aishambuhari
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
2. In addressing the Committee, my comments referenced court docs filed in Charge (CR/345/17) against me at the FCT High Court by IGP Idris
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
3. IGP Idris LEAKED correspondence w/ @MBuhari, COS, Dir. NIPSS, ADC @aishambuhari & CPSO @MBuhari to d public in docs filed at FCT H/Court.
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
4. Shocked to find docs & minutes of @MBuhari & top govt officials carelessly paraded in public by IGP in clear BREACH of Official Secrecy.
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
5. I query d motive behind such indiscretion given tht said docs have little or no bearing on d matter of malpractice @PoliceNG. Suspicious!
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
6. My submission to the C’ttee was simply to call attention to how IGP Idris is unethically dropping names by filing secret docs in Court.
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
7. Again, I make it abundantly clear: IGP Idris submitted official docs mentioning names of respected personalities. NOT ME.
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
8. I urge the press and public to be wary of any attempt to obfuscate the issues. Indeed, eternal vigilance is the price for freedom.
— Sen Isah Hamma Misau (@SenIsahMisau) October 26, 2017
However, in a swift response, Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer, issued a statement describing Misau’s claims as “outright falsehood” and “misleading”.
“It is pertinent to state that at no time did the Wife of the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aishat Buhari requested directly or indirectly for vehicles for her use from the Inspector General of Police and no vehicle whether Jeep or SUV has ever been given for her personal use,” the statement read.
“It is within the powers of the Inspector General of Police as stated above that when on the 17th January, 2017, SP Sani M Baba –Inna, the ADC ‘Wife of the President’ Federal Republic of Nigeria requested for Two (2) vehicles for Police Personnel in the convoy of Wife of the President for convoy movement and security purposes.
“Two (2) Police Vehicles (i) A Toyota Sienna Bus with Reg. No. NPF 2406D (ii) A Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg. No. NPF 3363D were approved by the Inspector General of Police to the ADC ‘Wife of the President’ SP Sani M Baba –Inna for the purposes requested and not to the person of the Wife of the President or for her personal use as alleged by Misau.