The daughter of the President, Hanan Buhari has denied ever reporting the issue of her SIM card to the Department of State Services, DSS.
Recall that DSS had earlier detained a trader, Anthony Okolie, for 10 weeks for using a telephone line that was earlier used by Hanan.
There had been allegations that the DSS had acted in that wise in response to a complaint filed by the Presidents daughter.
However, Hanan has come out to reveal that although she had received complaints from relatives that someone was using her old line to solicit money, she never reported the matter to the DSS.
The President’s daughter said this in a counter-affidavit to the originating motion filed by Okolie.
Okolie had sued the DSS, Hanan and company, MTN for his 10-week ordeal in the security services’ detention.
The affidavit read in part, “I was informed by the 2nd respondent (Hanan) in our office on February 15, 2020, around 4pm… that she never made any complaint against any Mr. Anthony Okolie to any officer in State Security Service or any other law enforcement agency.
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“That she was not privileged to even know anybody with the name Anthony Okolie and has never reported him or any other person to any law enforcement agency in Nigeria or any other country throughout her life.
“That although she was not happy with the public complaint that someone had been using her 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 was Anthony Okolie until the media published it.”
Hanan noted that she didn’t have the power to give the DSS orders to detain anyone.
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