Aisha Yesufu Accuses Buhari Of Hiding Campaign Fund

Civil rights activist Aisha Yesufu has taken President Muhammadu Buhari to task for failing to render an account of the money received into his 2015 presidential campaign fund despite being the sole signatory of the account.

Aisha Yesufu came after Buhari after a former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad took her to task over what he questioned as the delay she took in rendering the account of the Labour Party presidential campaign of Peter Obi.

He had in a post following the press conference where Peter Obi, Aisha Yesufu and other members of the Labour Party campaign team gave an account of the funds received and expended in the 2023 campaign of Obi sought clarifications even while faulting the delay in rendering the account.

He had said:

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Dear @AishaYesufu,

I want to congratulate you as you graciously agreed to release the financial statement of the Obi/Datti presidential campaign. Having gone through the summary of the statement couple of days ago, I’m curious if it is allowed to ask questions, as there are…

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) February 22, 2024
Aisha Yesufu, however, quickly dismissed his compliments saying that there was nothing gracious in her rendering account affirming that it was what was expected of her and the team.

Many other X users were also quick to dabble in saying that rendering account as given by Aisha Yesufu is something strange to Bashir Ahmad mocking that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC is not used to giving the account of its finances.

Before you ask your questions?
Can you show us a copy of campaign spending of Buhari in 2015 and 2019 elections? When you do that, show us your bank statements before 2015 and a copy of your current one.

— EmmaRock🚀 (@Emmanuelnnorom) February 22, 2024
No, you don’t have right to know anything about how LP or Obi/Datti campaign funds were spent.

That shouldn’t be a concern to you. Focus on your party and how they can reduce the hardship faced currently

— A Distinquished General (@DGiantOfAfrica) February 22, 2024
If you’re so curious about account statements , could you please tell us where the proceeds of subsidy removal is (you should know these things since you’ve been speaking for the government)
Or what it’s being done with ??

Your obsession with Peter obi and Labour Party is funny…

— Jamila 🇳🇬◽ (@mobytoolz) February 22, 2024
Believe me,you should be hiding ur face in shame, SA to a president that his signature was forged to obtain over 6.9 millon or billion of dollars,and you are here asking for accountability from a political party that u didn’t contribute a kobo to the project, what a shame!!

— BIG_BEN (@Big_Ben_21) February 22, 2024
Can you show a copy of campaign spending of Buhari in 2015 and 2019 elections? When you do that, show us your bank statements before 2015 and a copy of your current one. After these, we can now talk about Aisha

— Project-P (@iamProjectP) February 22, 2024
When @OfficialAPCNg drops their financial statement of their campaign, you can come here to ask questions 😂😂😂😂😂

Nigerians are still asking for food under this wasteful govt. Betta Edu allegedly siphoned enough to feed millions of hungry people

— ben samuel (@flourish007) February 22, 2024
Have you asked APC to drop theirs? Did Buhari and you people drop your campaign financial statement?

— Festus Okunlola (@acefestus) February 22, 2024
Following the public censure of Bashir Ahmad, Aisha Yesufu followed in another post where she alleged that Buhari was sole signatory of his 2015 presidential campaign account but failed to give account after the election.

She said:

Mr @BashirAhmaad

I was never the one to present the statement of account to the public as I was not the candidate whom the money was donated for. That would have been unethical. Processes are very important even though it is something your party flaunts all the time and I understand why you haven’t figured that out.

If you recall in 2015 when monies was donated to Buhari I held him accountable and not anyone else as he was the candidate. So I didn’t need any persuasion. If you haven’t understood it yet, it is the candidate himself that gave the account. I was there as team lead to give a presentation of how those monies were donated and spent. Mr Peter Obi was not a signatory to the campaign accounts which I presume is something you might not understand as Buhari was the sole signatory of his 2015 campaign fundraising and refused to give account to the public till date.

It is quite funny you talk about initially expected timeline as your party has never given public accountability of monies donated to them. I am glad you hold Mr Obi and his party to higher standard. Nothing should be short of that. The financial disclosure as stated, is of the Obi-Baba Ahmed Campaign fundraising. We stated what was received not what is expected to be received. If the vice presidential candidate or Labour Party had paid into the campaign fundraising account it would have been stated so. Also no where was it stated that N28 million was allocated for organizing campaign activities across 36 states. It looks as if you are projecting your expectations into what you are reading instead of reading and understanding what has been stated. It was referred to as campaign and election activities. You might want to ask INEC to give you a breakdown of what the Parties sent as the Campaign Expenses.

(GWG)