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Aliyu was the National Woman Leader of the party in the then Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led National Working Committee NWC before she was appointed a minister. Following rehabilitation works at the secretariat including the recent building of a 40-seater Media Centre within the premises, security operatives at the secretariat have had the herculean task of maximizing the now limited vehicle parking spaces, with most VIPs only allowed entry with few cars in their convoys. The situation is such that vehicular entry and exit are controlled in such a such a way as to avoid collisions. Trouble however started at about 6pm when the minister, who had spent almost an hour meeting women groups at the secretariat, made to leave the secretariat. Rather than wait for the party’s security operatives to remove the barricade at the gate, one of the security personnel attached to the minister had raced to the gate to forcefully remove it. “The party’s security chief, a Deputy Superintendent of Police CSP, had asked him to wait so that the unarmed guards could lift the barricade.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he visited him in Abeokuta. In a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Tinubu are unhelpful. He said the discussion during the visit was “more brotherly than political.”
