The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has on Saturday night, expressed readiness to accept the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, to the party, for voicing out, amidst the cabals that have hijacked the nation.
The party which made this disclosure through its former Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Abdullahi Jalo, promised to give Membership Card to the President’s wife, following criticism she received, over her recent interview on the British Broadcasting Service, BBC.
Jalo, also said the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, at a Press Conference in Germany, has put him in the mold of America’s Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Also, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, said those calling for the arrest of President Buhari’s wife, for speaking her mind, belong to the stone age.
The two PDP chieftains spoke in reaction to Aisha Buhari’s interview with the BBC Hausa Service.
Jalo, said the statement by the President, that his wife belongs only to his kitchen and bedroom, is costly, which can work against him, if he decides to re-contest in 2019.
“Buhari is becoming like a Trump of America, whose past time is to scandalise women. That statement is very costly.
“We are advocating that (Mrs. Hilary) Clinton should be elected to be the first woman to rule America, and you are saying that you are turning your wife to be a housemaid, who has the right (only) to be in your kitchen, and in your room.
“That is a costly statement, which will affect his electioneering campaign in 2019, if he decides to contest. The implication is that he doesn’t like women.
“He is saying that women should not have the right to be politicians,” Jalo stated.
He stated, that Mrs. Buhari has assumed the role of the opposition, adding that, if the President said he does not know her party, the PDP is ready to give her a Membership Card.
“As far as I am concerned, she has done the work of an opposition, and if she decides to join us, she will have a good reception”.
Jalo further warned, that should Buhari reject her advice, the consequence could be colossal, which might lead to his popularity being diminished, as the nation is approaching the 2019 general elections.
According to him, Islam recognizes that three persons who could advice a leader are his parents, his wife, and the children, noting that Mrs. Buhari’s interview was in line with Islamic injunction.
“What will affect the integrity of the President, will affect her. She is taking cognisance of those that have suffered. People are even abusing her.
“Anybody that abused her, has abused the President, because even if she is a divorcee, she has issues with Mohammed Buhari: she is Buhari and Buhari is she.”
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