Woman, who gave Buhari N1m savings, not abandoned – APC

The All Progressives Congress has denied reports
in a section of the media that Haj. Maitalle Tara
Koko, the 92-year-old woman who is an ardent
Muhammadu Buhari supporter,
has been
abandoned, saying the woman is being well catered for.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
the party said the wife of the Kebbi State Governor,
Dr. Zainab S-Bagugu, a medical doctor, has
personally taken charge of Haj Maitalle’s welfare.
It said since the woman suffered a mild stroke
while returning from Abuja where she witnessed the
swearing-in of President Buhari (at the instance of
the Kebbi State Governor and the Senator from
Kebbi Central, Adamu Aliero), she was admitted
and treated at the Sir Yahaya General Hospital in
Birnin Kebbi, and all her expenses paid by the
Governor and his wife, who ensured that her close
associate and friend, Barrister Zainab Koko, cooked
and delivered meals thrice daily to Haj Maitalle.
”When she was discharged from the hospital after
10 days, she was taken to her home town of Koko,
where she has been under the care of the resident
medical officer, Dr. Kola, who reviews her condition
and ensures she gets physiotherapy, in addition to
being in constant touch with the Consultant in
Birnin Kebbi, Dr. Abubakar Dakingari.
”The Kebbi State Government has also approved
N4million for her and her attendant doctor to travel
to Dubai for further treatment, but she has been too
weak to travel.
”Since Haj Maitalle returned to her home in Koko,
the Governor, the First Lady and Sen. Aliero have
been in touch with her. The First Lady has
personally visited her three times, the Governor and
Sen. Aliero once each, and the House of
Representatives member from her constituency
over four times.
”We have gone to this great length to provide full
details of Haj. Maitalle’s condition in order to give
Nigerians the correct information about her
situation. We do not know what informed the
wicked, irresponsible and downright deceitful story
that the delightful woman has been abandoned
even after she gave her life earnings in support of
Buhari’s presidential campaign. The story of Haj.
Maitalle’s purported abandonment is a figment of
the imagination of the fellow who wrote it,” APC
said.