Alhassan also resigned her membership of the APC. She stated her disappointment at being disqualified from contesting as a Governorship aspirant
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan, on Saturday, resigned as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and also quit her membership of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Alhassan, had in a video that surfaced online on September 5, 2017, backed Atiku Abubakar to take over the presidency from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
In the video she referred to the former Vice President as ‘next president come 2019.’
As part of a delegation that paid a courtesy visit to Atiku, the former Taraba state gubernatorial candidate, speaking in the Hausa language, had said, “Your excellency, our father the next president come 2019, God willing. In your presence are your people, your supporters who will continue supporting you till forever.
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