Zahra Buhari the daughter of President Buhari has taken legal actions against newspaper site Sahara Reporters following a defamatory article they published against her. The publication had reported that Nasiru Danu, a close ally of President Buhari and some top officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, recently defrauded the Nigerian government of N51 billion.
It claimed that N2.5 billion out of the money was allegedly transferred to a foundation owned by Zahra for which Mr. Danu is a signatory. Zahra through her counsel Nasiru Adamu a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) denied the allegation and also demanded a retraction. She stated that there is no way Mr. Danu could be a signatory in a foundation she owns.
She demanded a retraction of the said damaging and defamatory as well as the injurious publication. A retraction of the defamatory publication made @SaharaReporters tweet in respect of the publication in question. A public apology to our client is issued vide your website and Twitter account @SaharaReporters be published for seven (7) consecutive days. Public apologies are published in at least three (3) newspapers with online and physical presence across Nigeria for seven (7) consecutive days.
Zahra in a post shared on her Instagram page mentioned that she’s taken a lot over the last 6 years but she’s taken the step to protect herself, her family from cyber bullying, non-investigative and lazy journalism.
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