Nigeria, July 20 -- Nigerian journalism professor and public affairs analyst, Farooq Kperogi, has issued an unreserved apology to former First Lady Aisha Buhari, following a controversial post in which he claimed she had divorced the late President Muhammadu Buhari before his death.

In a lengthy statement released Saturday and titled "Apology to Aisha Buhari," Mr Kperogi acknowledged that his July 16 Facebook post titled "Aisha Buhari, Divorce, and Forgiveness Claim" was ill-judged and has caused significant emotional distress to Mrs. Buhari and her close associates.

"Although I absolutely should have foreseen it, I honestly didn't anticipate the profoundly painful consequences that my July 16 Facebook update. would have on former First...