I found documents bearing forged signatures of my father – Fatima Buhari

Fatima Buhari, the daughter of the late Muhammadu Buhari, says that her father’s signature was forged on official documents during his presidency.

Buhari’s daughter shared her account in ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, a biography written by Charles Omole.

Fatima, a forensic auditor, said she reviewed some documents and showed her father examples of fake signatures appended to his name.

According to the book, she stated that others had raised similar concerns about the president’s signature being forged.

Fatima, however, stated that forgery was not unique to the Buhari presidency, noting that previous administrations experienced similar problems.

‘ALTERED STATEMENTS, SPEECHES’

The author also quoted Fatima as saying there were cases of his speeches and directives being altered or modified after giving approval.

“During a trip to the United States, the president spoke at a small conference. Fatima sat in the hall, watching him read. “You were stopping,” she told him later. “It’s unlike you.” He responded quietly: the text in his hands was not the speech he had approved. Someone had altered it. It was not a rare occurrence, he said. That day, he put the script aside and spoke in his own words,” the book reads.

“This was the kind of misrepresentation the family came to recognise: directives diluted in transit, statements rephrased to suit other agendas, the subtle deformation of intent as paper moved from desk to desk. It was not always sabotage; sometimes, it was the slip of a large bureaucracy.

“However, sometimes it was the work of a clique.” (The Cable)