How Ganduje, Wife, Tinubu's Ministerial Nominee Reportedly Taunt Maryam Shetty in Video
- The national chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, was seen in a viral video with his wife and friends, reportedly mocking a ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty
- Shetty was on Friday, August 4, removed from the list of nominees minutes before her screening at the National Assembly
- Although her name was on Senate’s order paper, Shetty, on getting to the Assembly, found out she had been replaced with another lady from the same state of Kano
Kano state, Nigeria - In a viral video that emerged barely 24 hours after the dramatic removal of Maryam Shetty from the ministerial list, Abdullahi Ganduje and his wife, Hafsat, were seen laughing at the mention of Shetty's name.
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In the brief clip, Ganduje, the new national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Hafsat were reportedly seen laughing with a new ministerial nominee, Mariya Bunkure, who replaced Shetty, and some other women, Daily Trust reported.
Shetty’s name was withdrawn recently from the ministerial nominee list by President Bola Tinubu in a letter sent to the leadership of the Senate.
On her part, the replaced nominee on Saturday, August 5, noted that her fate was God’s will.
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VIDEO: WHO IS MARYAM SHETTY? The new APC national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje alongside his wife, Prof. Hafsat Ganduje, and their guests mock the replaced Kano State ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty, when the new nominee, Dr. Mariya Bunkure, visits them to apparently… pic.twitter.com/SenxAONFqg
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Watch the video below:
What new APC chairman Ganduje said about Maryam Shetty in the video
In what seems to be a thank you visit to Ganduje and family, a woman whose face was not captured could be heard saying in Hausa language that “the head has now fit the cap”.
“When we heard that they brought one Maryam, Maryam who?” to which another voice replied “Shetty”.
At this point, Bunkure, Hafsat Ganduje (popularly referred to as Gwaggo), and Ganduje could all be seen laughing.
Maryam Shetty: How Tinubu's ministerial nominee learned of her sudden replacement at Senate
Shetty, a ministerial nominee from Kano state, was at the Senate for screening on Friday, August 4, when she got the news of being dropped as a ministerial nominee and replaced.
Dr. Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure replaced Shetty at the National Assembly.
Tinubu finally nominates Keyamo as minister
President Bola Tinubu sent another communication to the Senate, announcing the withdrawal of the nomination of Maryam Shetty and replacing her with Mairiga Mahmud.
In the new correspondence, the president also nominated Festus Keyamo, a former minister under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, to represent Delta State.
Keyamo also served as the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign council in the build-up to the February 25 presidential election.
Source: Legit.ng
