BBC Ignores Pressure From Presidency, NASS,Daura,

BBC is resisting mounting pressure from the
Presidency and National Assembly to stop it
from airing the explosive interview granted it
by interview the wife of the president, Aisha
Buhari. A source within the Abuja Bureau of
the BBC told Daily Trust that there was a
letter from the Presidency asking the Hausa
service of the BBC not to air the interview.
The Speaker of the House of Representative,
Yakubu Dogara, according to the source, also
tried to informally stop the BBC from airing
the interview. A son of Buhari's powerful
nephew, Mamman Daura, is also said to have
called to get the BBC not to use the
interview.
However, the source told Daily Trust, the BBC
wouldn't back down and is set to to air part
of the interview in the service's morning
broadcast on Friday and in full on Saturday.
In the interview, Aisha Buhari is quoted to
have said that those who worked for the
president has been abandoned for those who
don't even have voters card.
She also expressed fear of rebellion from the
fifteen million people who voted her husband
of 25 years. Mrs Buhari further revealed that
certain individuals are creating tension and
division within the ruling party, All
Progressive Congress (APC)

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