Turai Yar’Adua visits Obasanjo, begs him to tell Buhari to stop harassing her family

Former First Lady, Turai Yar’Adua, on Saturday paid
a surprise visit to former President Olusegun
Obasanjo in his residence at Abeokuta, the Ogun
State capital.
Premium Times reports that Mrs. Yar’Adua was
reportedly accompanied to the former president’s
Hilltop Mansion by business mogul, Kenny
Martins.
They both met privately with Obasanjo for more
than an hour before departing in a convoy of three
cars.
Turai’s visit is coming at a time her daughter is
being investigated by the EFCC over alleged fraud.
It is the former First Lady’s first visit to Obasanjo
since her husband died in office in 2010 after
prolonged battle with acute pericadietis.
It was gathered Turai during the visit, thanked the
former President for finding her late husband a
worthy successor, and pleaded with him to forgive
her and her family for whatever wrong was done to
him (Obasanjo) during Mr. Yar’Adua’s tenure.
Sources said Yar’Adua also pleaded with Obasanjo
to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari not to
harass or victimize her family members or those
who worked with her husband.
“She specifically intimated the former President of
the ongoing probe of one of her daughters, Zainab,
by the EFCC. She believed it is a witch-hunt, a
ploy by the Buhari government to get at her
family,” one of our sources said.
An aide to Obasanjo also confirmed the visit to the
news medium.
“It is true that she visited on Saturday,” the aide
said. “I don’t know exactly what she discussed
with Baba (Obasanjo). But I think it is safe to say
she came to greet him and discuss issues relevant
to the two families.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
had on July 22 summoned Zainab, wife of former
Kebbi State Governor, Saidu Dakingari, over alleged
N2billion fraud perpetrated during her husband’s
tenure as governor of the Northwest State.