Aisha Buhari neither sick nor pregnant, says aide

Sulaiman Haruna, an aide to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has denied rumours that the President’s wife is pregnant.

He also debunked a report by an online news medium that the First Lady could be sick or treating cancer.

Photos of Aisha have surfaced on social media showing her with a bulging stomach covered with clothes.

This was captured while landing in Abuja on her return from the Turkey-Africa summit which she had attended with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Following the development, rumours claimed that she was suffering an ailment while other social media users alluded to pregnancy.

But in a chat with BBC Pidgin, Haruna denied the claims, stating that the first lady is “perfectly okay”.

“I can assure you 100 percent that our first lady is perfectly okay. She is neither sick nor pregnant as some reports claim,” he said.

He also said, “Some of these reports are from mischief makers who don’t mean well. You know, nowadays, people can tamper with photos.”