#AishaTheHypocrite Trends As Social Media Users Knock Activist
Nigerians were able to identify Aisha Yesufu as a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thanks to tweets from 2015.
Because of her history of double-speak, most of which was documented in her prior tweets, the Bring Back Our Girls activist was also labeled a hypocrite.
In the 2015 election, Yesufu voted for former President Goodluck Jonathan and his Vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo, but they were defeated by Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo.
In one of her tweets in 2015, she said: “@elrufai. My legs are aching. My back aching. Stood 12 hours to vote for Namadi Sambo, he must not try anyhow else, he will see anyhow. No to impunity.”
@elrufai My legs are aching. My back aching. Stood 12 hours to vote Namadi Sambo must not try anyhow else he will see anyhow
No to impunity— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) March 29, 2015
Yesufu has been criticising the Buhari administration since her candidates lost, frequently criticizing them in her tweets.
Some Nigerians, however, rushed to Twitter on Tuesday to expose Aisha Yesufu. Her spouse allegedly stole money from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) before fleeing Nigeria for Scotland, according to them.
They further alleged that her children are studying in Scotland rather than Nigeria, despite her assertions that she is demonstrating solidarity with students caught up in ASUU strike.
Austine Abel, a Twitter user, explains how Aisha Yesusfu’s husband was dismissed for stealing NHIS funds:
“In sept 2020, it was revealed that Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, Aisha Yesufu, & her Aliu, are in custody of seven vehicles & money belonging to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) yet she’s online calling other people names. #AishaTheHypocrite”
In a similar tweet, Hayden Jones narrated how her husband fled abroad when EFCC was looking for him, “Her husband fled Nigeria to Scotland when @officialEFCC was going to arrest him. And she is talking corruption? #AishaTheHypocrite has no shame, if they born her husband well, he should come home.
A twitter user, Olaoye said she is being paid to slander the Vice president, “The hypocrisy of Aisha Yesufu is not hidden at all, when she was in her right senses she saw the good Osinbajo was doing now that someone is paying her she is saying another thing”.
Another user, Mz Temmy called her out for her double standard display. “Aisha is a hypocrite, sometimes back she praised the VP and said Buhari should remain in London because Osinbajo is doing well now you want to come and badmouth the VP again, that won’t work”.
