Hanan Buhari, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied asking the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest one Anthony Okolie for using a sim card she previously owned.
Okolie, who spent weeks in DSS detention for using Hanan’s old phone line, had sued the DSS for the infringement of his rights.
He fingered Hanan as behind his travails, joining her and MTN as co-defendants in the suit, in which he is demanding the sum of N500 million as compensation for the violation of his rights.
Okolie in an affidavit at a Federal High Court in Asaba in support of his claim, deposed that he purchased the sim card with phone number, 09035666662, for the sum of N1,000 on December 8, 2018, at Ogbeogonogo Market, Nebu Road, Asaba, Delta state.
But Premium Times reports that the president’s daughter in her counter-affidavit, said she is being “accused of an allegation, she knows nothing about”.
In the affidavit filed by M.E. Sheriff, her lawyer, she said: “I have never complained to the State Security Service or any law enforcement agency in Nigeria or outside the country to make arrest of anyone.
“That she has no grievances over registering a sim card she used seven years ago to any person in Nigeria.
“That though she was not happy when the public complained that someone has been using old sim card to solicit for financial assistance using her name, she never complained to any authority and she was not aware that the person’s name is Mr Anthony Okolie until when the media published his story.”
Nnamdi Dimgba, the judge, adjourned the case till March 3.
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