By Daniel Okafor.
Citing her disqualification from APC Taraba governorship primary, Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan, popularly known as mama Taraba, has resigned from the federal cabinet as well as the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to a statement released to the media, Alhassan said that if the party she has served in various capacities over the years doesn’t consider her good enough to contest elections in the APC, then she is also not qualified to remain a minister in the APC government.
She however thanked the president, her ward executives and other members of the party for the opportunity given her to serve.
APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole said her loyalty to the party was suspect hence her disqualification.
Recall that Aisha had openly pledged her support for Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President and presidential aspirant on the platform of main opposition party, PDP, while her principal Mohammadu Buhari is seeking reelection in 2019.
She was the governorship candidate of the APC in the 2015 election in the state.
