The Minister of women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan has resigned her appointment as Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
She also resigned her membership of the All Progressed Congres (APC) as a result of her disqualification to participate in the partys governorship primary in Taraba state.
APC had on Thursday disqualified Senator Alhassan as result of her disloyalty to the ruling party.
SlIt will be recalled that Senator Alhassan, had declared her readiness to support former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s bid for the Presidency against President Muhammadu Buhari if the former decides to contest in 2019.
Alhassan, in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday, said she respected Buhari, but stated that Atiku remained her godfather.
The minister had, in a leaked video on social media, endorsed the former vice-president for the 2019 presidential election.
According to the leaked video, Alhassan endorsed Atiku when she led a delegation on a private visit to the former vice-president on an undisclosed day during the last Sallah celebration.
However, the Minister in a letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari described her disqualification as grave injustice and hence there is no need for her to continue to be part of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
She said,” I received with shock and dismay that I was disqualified and not cleared to contest for 2019 governorship election by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC). No reason was given for my disqualification sir.”
“Mr President may wish to be also informed that I had always been a committed and a loyal party member and was at no time queried or admonished for any wrong doing or unconstitutional behaviour. Up to the time of writing this letter, no reason is given by the party for my disqualification to contest under APC.
“It is for this above reason sir, that I feel grave injustice was done to me by the party (APC), therefore my decision to leave the party and resign as a Minister. If am not qualified to contest election in APC, I feel I am not also qualified to remain in APC government as a Minister.”
