The widely reported £34,500 price of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari’s wristwatch is a lie, OurExclusive can report.

As various news portal and gossips blog went reporting that the Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-Carat White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch wore by President’s wife to the inauguration which held last Friday cost £34,500 which equivalent to N10, 453, 000 (Ten Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand Naira) at the rate of N303 to £1. Our correspondent went to the street of Lagos, particularly a famous jewelry store inside Ikeja City Mall, where we made detailed inquiry about the said watch.

We were informed that the cost of the watch named Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-Carat White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch is not near the rumored price.

The same Cartier Baignoire Folle 18-Carat White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch coming in a case made of rhodium-plated white gold set with brilliant-cut diamonds while the side of the case is an octagonal crown set with a diamond is just $129. The watch case is 44mm high, 35mm wide and 10mm thick and is covered by glare-proof sapphire crystal glass.

The attendant who spoke with OurExclusive under anonymity said there are exactly same watches of same make but with different prices which President Buhari’s wife had gone for the least of them.