Nigeria, Jan. 13 -- The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, has defended her decision to share the video of her daughter, Hanan Buhari, inside the presidential jet, on her Facebook page, saying it was not an attempt to taunt Nigerians but to boost the morale of a distraught child.

In what many Nigerian termed defiance on the part of the first family over the public condemnation of the president's daughter using a presidential jet for a private function, Mrs Buhari, on Monday, posted on her Facebook page a 55 seconds video of her daughter's activities while on the trip to Bauchi.

Hanan Aisha Buhari was on a study tour of Bauchi Emirate last Thursday as part of the requirements for a Master's programme in a foreign university.

In his re...