According to The Nigerian Tribune, Governor, Abdulazeez Yari, denied reports that he is romantically involved with Zahra Buhari.
The governor also faulted media reports that he gave the president’s daughter $200 million as gift and that he divorced one of his wives, Hadiza Umaru Shinkafi, to accommodate Zahra.
Yari’s counter-claims were contained in his letters to the publishers who wrote the detracting stories about him and the president’s daughter. He accused them of painting him in a bad light and requested that they retract their defamatory publications.
The letters, dated 18 and 19 January, were written for the governor by his lawyer, Mahmud Magaji (SAN). In the letter, Yari threatened to sue the publications for defamation, adding that he would demand N100 billion (in the case of the first publication) and N10 billion (against the second publication) should they fail to retract the publication and tender apologies within seven days.
“The above publication, no doubt, is false and defamatory, and it is intended to bring the reputation of our client to ridicule and cause odium or malignity to our client.
“Since the above publication, our client has received countless phone calls and text messages from family, friends, colleagues and associates, who incessantly call to enquire about the said publication.
“Consequent upon the above, it is our client’s instruction that we demand from you published retraction of the said defamatory piece in three national newspapers inclusive of your own.” Yari said.
It would be recalled that this would not be a first time in which a governor is speculated to be romantically linked with Buhari’s beautiful daughter.
In 2015, the dame was alleged to be having an affair with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The rumours regarding the duos love relationship and plans of marriage stirred an uproar on social-media.
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