{"id":170540,"date":"2025-07-21T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/aisha-buhari-apology-after-damage-not-courage-ahmed-blasts"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:14:14","slug":"aisha-buhari-apology-after-damage-not-courage-ahmed-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/aisha-buhari-apology-after-damage-not-courage-ahmed-blasts","title":{"rendered":"Aisha Buhari Apology After Damage Not Courage Ahmed Blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bashir Ahmed, former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has faulted the apology by Farooq Kperogi, a professor of journalism at Kennesaw State University in the United States of America, over the allegation that Aisha Buhari divorced her husband before his death.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed, in a statement on his X account on Sunday, described Kperogi\u2019s allegation as reckless and ill-timed.<\/p>\n<p>Kperogi, four days ago, alleged that Aisha Buhari divorced her husband before his death on Saturday, July 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kperogi on Sunday, in a Facebook post, tendered his unreserved apology over his earlier publication on the purported Aisha Buhari divorce.<\/p>\n<p>The professor described his action as \u201cone of the worst and cruellest lapses of judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo Mrs. Aisha Buhari, I offer my heartfelt and unreserved apology for the needless and deeply regrettable hurt I have caused. I am truly sorry,\u201d he wrote in his apology to the former First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ahmed blasted Kperogi, \u201cYou can\u2019t be a journalism teacher and specialise gravely in speculative reportage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo act on secondhand claims, admit they were not intended to be public, and then seek refuge behind an apology after the damage is done is not courage; it is cowardice dressed as contrition,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bashir Ahmed, former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has faulted the apology by Farooq Kperogi, a professor of journalism at Kennesaw State University in the United States of America, over the allegation that Aisha Buhari divorced her husband before his death. 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