The first part of the controversial yet-to-be aired interview with BBC Hausa interview granted by Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been released.
Nigerians have been weighing in on Twitter to give their judgement on the first lady's frank interview.
Despite pressure from the presidency, the BBC went ahead to air more parts of the interview with Aisha Buhari, naij reported.
Read Aisha Buhari's key points during the interview
Asked what she regarded as the government's major achievement, she said it was to improve security in the north-east where militant Islamist group Boko Haram has waged an insurgency since 2009.
1. After receiving complains upon complains, I decided to tell him.
2. But, all the same, a lot of people are coming on their own and also collectively to tell him that things are not going the way it should. That is when it comes to putting people in certain positions
3. Most of these people that are occupying some agencies, number one nobody knows them, two, they don’t know our party manifesto, they don’t know what we campaigned for. They were not part of us completely.
4. They don’t have a mission or vision of our APC.
5. I have my own right to say how I feel about something. If it continues like this, I will not be part of any movement again.
6. I need to work with the people that we have started the journey collectively as a teamwork so that we can achieve what we want to achieve, so that he would leave a legacy.
7. She said the interest of the 15 million electorates who voted her husband is more important than that of her husband.
8. Mrs Buhari also said it’s going to two years without any tangible indices of bettering the lives of Nigerians.
9. Aisha Buhari said she does advise her husband when asked if she advises her husband. She added saying she knows Buhari has many advisers.mShe still plays her role. When asked if she has told your husband all these? she said he knows.
"He is yet to tell me but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again,"she said.
Reactions from Nigerians on twitter
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Aisha Buhari's BBC Interview in hausa:
Nigerians have been weighing in on Twitter to give their judgement on the first lady's frank interview.
Despite pressure from the presidency, the BBC went ahead to air more parts of the interview with Aisha Buhari, naij reported.
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| President Muhammadu Buhari and wifeAisha Buhari |
Asked what she regarded as the government's major achievement, she said it was to improve security in the north-east where militant Islamist group Boko Haram has waged an insurgency since 2009.
1. After receiving complains upon complains, I decided to tell him.
2. But, all the same, a lot of people are coming on their own and also collectively to tell him that things are not going the way it should. That is when it comes to putting people in certain positions
3. Most of these people that are occupying some agencies, number one nobody knows them, two, they don’t know our party manifesto, they don’t know what we campaigned for. They were not part of us completely.
4. They don’t have a mission or vision of our APC.
5. I have my own right to say how I feel about something. If it continues like this, I will not be part of any movement again.
6. I need to work with the people that we have started the journey collectively as a teamwork so that we can achieve what we want to achieve, so that he would leave a legacy.
7. She said the interest of the 15 million electorates who voted her husband is more important than that of her husband.
8. Mrs Buhari also said it’s going to two years without any tangible indices of bettering the lives of Nigerians.
9. Aisha Buhari said she does advise her husband when asked if she advises her husband. She added saying she knows Buhari has many advisers.mShe still plays her role. When asked if she has told your husband all these? she said he knows.
"He is yet to tell me but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again,"she said.
Reactions from Nigerians on twitter
Some people think Aisha Buhari dissed her husband. I choose to believe she's protecting him.— 'Jola Sotubo (@JolaSotubo) October 14, 2016
#Video: 2019 Presidency: Nigeria’s president warned by his wife Aisha Buhari https://t.co/qEXgbRR7FP— Oak TV (@OakTVOnline) October 14, 2016
Good morning to everybody especially you ma @aishambuhari. Kuku dabaru everything 😂😂😂😂😂😂— Abike (@Jollz) October 14, 2016
Nigeria's president warned by First Lady Aisha Buharihttps://t.co/EQ9IQ3ngfXpic.twitter.com/jNgr02ZNys— Leif Wenar (@LeifWenar) October 14, 2016
Aisha Buhari's BBC Interview in hausa: