Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- Nigeria's First Lady has accused a close relative of President Muhammadu Buhari of issuing a presidential directive behind her husband.

Aisha Buhari, in a statement she signed and sent to Daily Trust newspaper, accused Mamman Daura of issuing a directive to a presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, not to recognise her office.

Mr Buhari had before his election in 2015 said he would not allow for the office of the First Lady. During Mr Buhari's first term in office, the presidency repeatedly referred to Mrs Buhari as the 'wife of the president.'

However, after the president's re-election, Mrs Buhari released a statement saying she should henceforth be referred to as the First Lady and her office as the 'Office of the...