{"id":53907,"date":"2016-10-16T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53907"},"modified":"2016-10-16T20:01:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T19:01:02","slug":"arrest-aisha-buhari-now-islamic-cleric-urges-security-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/arrest-aisha-buhari-now-islamic-cleric-urges-security-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest Aisha Buhari Now, Islamic Cleric Urges Security Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Islamic leader Sheikh Ismail Illyasu Mangu <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_134795453\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday<\/span><\/span> called on security<br \/>\nagencies in Nigeria to arrest the first lady Aisha Buhari for her<br \/>\nstatement with the BBC Hausa service suggesting\u00a0that she might\u00a0not back<br \/>\nher husband&#8217;s potential reelection in 2019 if he didn&#8217;t shake up his<br \/>\ngovernment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a threat to the peace of the country and we do hope the security<br \/>\nagencies will immediately arrest her, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Buhari in the interview said \u201cThe president does not know 45 out of 50<br \/>\nof the people he appointed and I don&#8217;t know them either, despite being his<br \/>\nwife of 27 years,\u201d she said. \u201cSome people are sitting down in their homes<br \/>\nfolding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency<br \/>\nor a ministerial position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mangu of the\u00a0Jamaatul Izalatul Bid\u2019ah Mosque, Kano, \u00a0while speaking<br \/>\nto hundreds of worshipers after the Jumaat prayer, called on security<br \/>\nagencies to arrest the first lady \u201cbecause her interview is capable of<br \/>\ninciting millions of Nigerians against her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sad about the interview granted by the wife of the President. We<br \/>\nbelieve that opposition members in the country are using her against the<br \/>\ngovernment. Her statement is unfair and capable of inciting violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believed that some ungrateful elements in the country are using the<br \/>\nwife of the president to tarnish the image of the president and the<br \/>\ncountry. Nigerians are not in her support. \u201d<br \/>\nPresident Buhari responding to the first lady\u2019s comments during a press<br \/>\nconference in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know which party my wife belongs to,\u201d he quipped\u00a0,\u00a0\u201cbut she<br \/>\nbelongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.\u201d<br \/>\nPointing out that he has more political experience than his wife, Buhari<br \/>\ncontinued, \u201cI claim superior knowledge over her and the rest of the<br \/>\nopposition, because in the end I have succeeded. It\u2019s not easy to satisfy<br \/>\nthe whole Nigerian opposition parties or to participate in the<br \/>\ngovernment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president has been receiving backlash for his comment both in Nigeria<br \/>\nand across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Washington Post <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_134795454\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span> &#8220;His popularity has fallen amid<br \/>\nvarious spiraling crises \u2014 a faltering economy, a deadly insurgency,<br \/>\na\u00a0devastating famine.\u00a0\u00a0And now, even his wife is skeptical.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, \u00a0the first lady&#8217;s comment has received applause from most<br \/>\nNigerians, especially within the ruling APC party.<\/p>\n<p>The APC spokesman, Timi Frank in a statement he signed in Abuja, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_134795455\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span><br \/>\nsaid, \u201cI think Mrs. Buhari deserves commendation because she is actually<br \/>\nspeaking the minds of not only the party members, but Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>A chieftain of the APC from the Southwest also echoed the words of Timi<br \/>\nFrank saying,&#8221;Most of us put our lives on the line, our resources, time<br \/>\nand talent only to be abandoned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Islamic leader Sheikh Ismail Illyasu Mangu Friday called on security agencies in Nigeria to arrest the first lady Aisha Buhari for her statement with the BBC Hausa service suggesting\u00a0that&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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