One person who is currently angry with General Mohamodu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari is Nollywood thespian Uche Jumbo, her displeasure is not unconnected to a recent statement made by the intending first lady, Aisha in a bid to campaign for her husband echoed the stereotype held by Nigerians that the common trade for Edo ladies is prostitution.
”I’m here today to let Edo women know that when my husband is elected into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, all these are going to be history. The insecurity, the girl-child trafficking, suffering of the widows in the south-east will come to an end”.
“There must be a design, a cultural design that can accommodate the widow, and then a design that can make the girl-child comfortable wherever she is in this country. She doesn’t need to leave her country to go and prostitute elsewhere.
“It is not her portion. Her portion is to have a moral, a highly standard moral society for her to live, get married, have children, train them, train them and also mould them to become the future our leaders,”
Uche Jombo did not take the statement lightly, as she reacted angrily to Mrs. Buhari’s statement, also using the opportunity to declare that she has never taken money from any political party,
“As a supporter of all advocacy for women; be it domestic violence, child marriage, women rights or what have you, I stay out of politics but I shared the last post when I saw it and made my research. I repeat, I don’t care about APC or PDP.
“I have never taken money from any political party because I don’t EVER want to lose my right to question people about their statements and if the First Lady made that statement, I will still post it as i don’t like using stereotypical term in addressing ‘issues’,” the actress said.“”
The actress who is currently not in Nigeria isn’t the only one who sees something wrong with the statement, Aisha Buhari has come under heavy criticism for the statement which she might not have meant in that way.