Aisha Buhari: Cabal Influence in Aso Rock Led Buhari to Shut Me Out, Ex-First Lady
Former First Lady Dr. Aisha Buhari has made fresh claims about internal dynamics during the late presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that powerful individuals within the presidency influenced her husband against her, leading to unusual personal behaviour in his final years.
According to excerpts from a newly released official biography titled From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari, authored by Dr. Charles Omole and launched at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, Mrs. Buhari said that gossip and fear-mongering within Aso Rock disrupted her close relationship with her husband.
She recounted that Buhari began locking his bedroom door, effectively barring her from accessing him, after hearing rumours suggesting she planned to harm him. “They said I wanted to kill him,” she said, noting that her husband believed the misinformation for days.
Mrs. Buhari said that the false narratives and alleged manipulation by aides and associates not only strained their personal relationship but also affected the late president’s nutrition and health routine. Before the alleged interference, she said she had personally supervised his meals and supplements to manage what she described as a long history of malnutrition symptoms.
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“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives… meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped,” she was quoted as saying. According to the account, Buhari often skipped lunch for about a year, which she believes contributed significantly to his prolonged health crisis.
The biography links this disruption to the extended medical stays Buhari undertook in the United Kingdom in 2017, during which he spent a total of 154 days receiving treatment and temporarily handed over power to then Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a period that generated wide public speculation and controversy.
Mrs. Buhari also addressed and rejected narratives about poisoning or exotic illnesses, insisting the crisis stemmed from a breakdown in nutrition and routine rather than sinister medical causes.
The revelations add to ongoing public discussion about the final years of Muhammadu Buhari’s life, he passed away in London in July 2025, and shed new light on personal and institutional tensions within the Nigerian presidency during that time.