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Aisha Buhari’s ex-aide sues her over alleged illegal detention and assault, seek N100m as damages
Zainab Kassim, a former Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the First Lady, has sued the President’s wife, Aisha Buhari, over alleged assault and illegal detention.
Zainab, in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja, demanded N100m as damages from the First Lady and other respondents.
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The other respondents in the case include the Inspector-General of Police and the Department of State Services. Zainab claimed that some Department of State Service officers acting on the orders of Aisha allegedly abducted her and took her to the Presidential Villa where she was severely assaulted, dehumanised and abused.
According to her, the assault was carried out with the support of officers of the DSS and Police for deleting her posts on social media.
The case has yet to be assigned to a judge.
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