Aisha Buhari’s brother – Musa Halilu also known

Aisha Buhari’s brother – Musa Halilu also known

as Musa Yola

At a dinner organized recently by the First Lady in

the State House, Abuja, to thank Nigerian women

for their support for the Presidential Candidate of

the APC [All Progressive Congress] in the 2015

elections, General Muhammadu Buhari,

his wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari gave an unusual

warning to the yet-to-be appointed aides of her

husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.

She averred that unlike in the past when the

aides of the First Family collected huge sums of

money in bribes from visitors before they

could grant them access to the State House,

under the Buhari administration, such corrupt

practices would not be condoned.

But investigation has revealed that contrary to

Hajia Buhari’s public posturing, the reverse is the

case with her siblings who have constituted

themselves into unofficial aides of the First

Family and are collecting huge sums of money

from people with the promise to

facilitate appointment into public

offices, contracts, and other favours from the

Buhari administration.

It has been gathered from a reliable source that

two of Aisha Buhari’s brothers, Musa Halilu also

known as Musa Yola, who is her step brother and

Modi Halilu, have teamed up with one Musa

Daura, President Buhari’s nephew, to be

fleecingNigerians and foreigners alike, who want

to have audience with the First Lady.

Investigation into the reprehensible activities of

the trio reveals that since the emergence of

Buhari as the president-elect, Musa, Modi and

Musa Daura made themselves too visible around

the First Lady to the extent that they caught the

attention of those seeking Hajia Buhari’s

audience to influence her husband for one favour

or the other, as is customary with a typical

Nigerian politician. It is widely believed that

because of President Buhari’s tough stance, some

people would choose to go through his wife,

Aisha, to seek for favours.

The three, who used to be unemployed

and survived on patronage, have since moved

into permanent suites at the Transcorp Hilton,

Abuja allegedly on the bill of a Senator who had

his eyes on the seat of the Senate President.

Discussions with some members of the APC,who

are familiar with the antics of the three young

men, indicated that they were known for extorting

people who wanted audience with General Buhari

or his wife even during the days of the CPC.

It has come to our knowledge that within one

month of the declaration of Buhari

as the president-elect, Aisha Buhari’s brothers

and the president’s cousin, Musa

Daura, have come into instant wealth,

owning choice properties in the highbrow

Maitama District of Abuja, Gwarimpa and on

Galadima Road in Kaduna ranging from N150

million to N500 million.

Musa Yola now cruises in a Mercedes E Class

worth N18 million and lavishes as much as

$30,000 on a prostitute for a one night stand.

It has also been revealed by a source that

officials of the Jonathan administration who are

afraid of probe by Buhari, especially those in the

Oil Sector, have turned into the preys of Aisha

Buhari’s brothers. They have been milking them

systematically with the promise to reach out to

the First Lady for protection against Buhari’s

sledgehammer.

State Governors, especially those in the APC have

equally become easy targets of extortion by

Aisha Buhari’s brothers.

People seeking for appointment as Group

Managing Director of NNPC, Accountant General

of the Federation, Chairman of Federal Inland

Revenue Service, Director General, Security and

Exchange Commission, Comptroller General,

Nigeria Customs Service among other juicy

portfolios, have since submitted their resumes to

Aisha Buhari’s siblings at the Hilton after parting

with huge sums of money in hard currencies.

The conduct of the three is in defiance of

Buhari’s directives, who had earlier issued

warning to members of his family to steer clear

of anything that would bring his administration

to disrepute.

As the administration of Buhari takes its shape,

people in the know of the conduct of Aisha

Buhari’s brothers are watching with keen interest

to see how events will unfold in the coming

months and years. ​

Attempts by our correspondents to get the

reaction of the trio at the Hilton were rebuffed by

security officials bearing weapons.