Aisha Alhassan who is popularly called ‘Mama Taraba’, has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to fire her.
Asked by BBC Hausa if her statement on Atiku won’t get her axed from the cabinet, given that Buhari hasn’t ruled out a reelection come 2019, Aisha said: “I am not afraid of Buhari, he can sack me from work”.
According to a recent interview, Alhassan says she’ll choose Atiku over Buhari if the latter’s name is on the ballot in 2019.
“Atiku is my godfather even before I joined politics,” she said. “And again, Baba Buhari did not tell us that he is going to run in 2019.
“Let me tell you today that if Baba said he is going to contest in 2019, I swear to Allah, I will go before him and kneel and tell him that ‘Baba I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve your government as a minister but Baba just like you know I will support only Atiku because he is my godfather. If Atiku said he is going to contest.
“If because of what I said, I am sacked, it will not bother me because I believe in Allah, that my time has elapsed that is why…
“Baba is not a mad man like those calling for my sack. They have been sending it and spreading that if Baba sees this I will be sacked.”
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