Aisha Alhassan has come out to tender a public apology following her going public support for Nigeria’s former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar who she claimed is her godfather.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, was later summoned by her party, APC, over her political allegiance and has since apologized to the party.
Spokesman of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, said;
“Yes, the party invited her and she has come. When she came, we asked her to explain to us what truly transpired and in what context she said what she said and she did offer these explanations.
Now, having offered her explanations, we acknowledged that as a member of this party, she is entitled to her opinion and she is entitled to her choice.
However, as a senior member of this party, her statements represent an act of indiscretion because with the kind of position she occupies even within the party, she is a party leader in her own right, what she said was not what she was supposed to say at the time that she said it.
She ought to have exercised greater judgement than she did. She acknowledged that yes, maybe she ought not to have…maybe the timing was wrong and she apologised that if she had put the party in any difficult position, she apologised.”