17/07/2025
When they were in power, former First Lady Aisha Buhari was in a constant battle for control of her husband and power with the power brokers around her husband.
Apparently, her late husband trusted a group of cronies led by his nephew Mamman Daura, Sabiu Tunde, and the late Abba Kyari, who were in charge and were the de facto presidents.
Thus, they were in charge and determined who got what.
That Emiefele was so powerful because of the power they allowed him as CBN governor.
According to some schools of thought, if the late Abba Kyari were to be alive, he would not have allowed the current president, Asiwaju, to emerge as the APC presidential flag bearer, let alone win the election.
Before they left power, Buhari's nephew, Sabiu Tunde, was the richest young Nigerian under 40.
Aisha Buhari was relegated to the background and was told by her husband that she belonged in the kitchen when she complained.
She fought, she wailed, and she became a podcaster at one point.
She would give orders as the wife of a sitting president, but Mamman Daura or Sabiu Tunde would overrule her, knowing nothing would happen.
Aisha Buhari's case was made worse by the fact that Buhari comes from a feudalist culture that has no regard for women.
Aisha Buhari and Tunde Sabiu once had an intense clash at A*o Rock that had her ADC shooting at him; the man scaled the fence of A*o Rock, running for his life.
As expected, the late Buhari sided with his nephew, Sabiu Tunde, against his wife, and Aisha's security operatives, who attempted to kill Tunde, were picked up and arrested by the then Inspector General of Police.
Aisha had to come on social media to appeal to the IGP to release her security operatives because she was powerless.
Tunde gave an order for their arrest, and there was nothing she could do to reverse it.
Frustrated by the humiliation she received at the hands of the power cabal, Aisha had to relocate from Nigeria to Dubai before moving to the UK.
The power cabal even made attempts to marry a second wife for the late Buhari at the height of their fight with Aisha, just to humiliate her further.
Buhari disrespected his wife and allowed wolves to ravage her in a way that Tinubu has not done to his wife, Remi.
Today, Muhammadu Buhari is no more, but before he died, he was nursed and taken care of by Aisha Buhari and the kids on his sickbed.
Sabiu Tunde, who was fond of humiliating her, was nowhere to be found.
When he died, it was still the same Aisha and the kids who brought his co**se home.
A lesson for my generation of men: when you become rich and powerful, take care of your wife and kids; bring them close, more than any other person, no matter how loyal the person is to you.
Don't allow a third party to come between you and your wife because of money and power.
When the chips are down, your family is all that you have left.
Every other person will move on. I have seen this happen again and again.
- CHUKWUDI IWUCHUKWU
