Sadiya Farouq Reacts To Alleged Comments On Marriage To President Buhari

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Management, Sadiya Umar Farouq has denied commenting on rumors of her getting married to President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Minister on Friday refuted tweets made using her name by a parody account.

The account had tweeted: “There have been several speculations in media regarding Marriage between Myself and Baba Buhari.

“I will like to clarify this, that me and Baba Buhari have been old-time friends and Her Excellency Aisha is my good friend and a sister. I will like to maintain this good relationship.

“Dear Nigerians, please Kindly ignore all rumors as this is not true. We’re currently completely focused on making sure we have a better Nigeria. Let’s continue to pray for our dear country Nigeria. God Bless.”

Reacting, Sadiya Farouq, via her handle (@Sadiya_farouq) issued a disclaimer.

She tweeted: “It has come to my attention that a fake Twitter account @Sadiya_farouq_ has been created in my name.

“I wish to inform my followers and well-meaning Nigerians to disregard the handle and any information posted on it. My official Twitter handle remains @Sadiya_farouq”

It would be recalled that the Nigerian social media space has been awash with speculation that the minister and President Buhari were going to tie the knot today in a quite ceremony at the Presidential villa.