40-year-old mother of six, Saudatu Aliyu, has narrated how her son-in-law, Gambo Adamu, deceived her into believing that he contracted a marriage between her and former president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Gambo Adamu was sentenced to 12 months in prison by a magistrates’ court sitting in Minna, Niger State last month.
Saudatu, who is a divorcee, and food vendor, had approached the court that her son-in-law extorted money from her amounting to N5m with a promise to marry her off to the ex-president.
She told the court that her son-in-law presented to her the sum of N100,000 as bride price, a basket of kola nuts and fried chicken in a bag as gifts from President Buhari during the wedding fatiha.
Saudatu said that after waiting to see the former president coming to pick her as his new wife, she decided to approach the court for intervention.
She added that the convict also asked her to set up a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with her as chairperson while he, the son-in-law, would serve as the spokesman, promising her that she would get benefits from the federal and state governments, in addition to allocation of slots for Hajj.
The Magistrate, Ibrahim Musa Zago, sentenced the defendant to 12 months in prison for cheating contrary to Section 322 of the Penal Code, with an option of N100,000 fine.
He also ordered the defendant to pay N2m as compensation to the complainant.
Speaking with Daily Trust Radio in an interview published last week, Saudatu narrated how Gambo extorted her with the fake marriage and even made her believe she will succeed Abba Kyari as Buhari’s chief of staff.