Sim Card Controversy: I didn’t ask DSS to arrest man using phone line I previously owned- Hanan Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan Buhari has denied the allegation that she asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest one Anthony Okolie for using a phone line she formerly owned.

Okolie had sued the DSS for the infringement of his rights by detaining him for over 15 weeks.

Onyxnewsng gathered that Okolie also joined Hanan and MTN to the suit, demanding the sum of N500 million as compensation for the violation of his rights.

Okolie in his affidavit at a federal high court in Asaba, said on December 8, 2018 he purchased the sim card with phone number, 09035666662, for the sum of N1,000 at Ogbeogonogo Market, Nebu Road, Asaba, Delta state.

According to Premium Times, the president’s daughter said she is being “accused of an allegation, she knows nothing about”.

In a counter affidavit filed by M.E. Sheriff, her lawyer, she said: “I have never complained to the State Security Service or any law enforcement agency in Nigeria or outside the country to make arrest of anyone.”

In the affidavit, Hanan also said: “That she has no grievances over registering a sim card she used seven years ago to any person in Nigeria.

“That though she was not happy when the public complained that someone has been using old sim card to solicit for financial assistance using her name, she never complained to any authority and she was not aware that the person’s name is Mr Anthony Okolie until when the media published his story.”

The judge, Nnamdi Dimgba, adjourned the case till third day of next month, March 3.