The wife of the vice-president, Namadi Sambo, Amina Sambo faced an embarrassing situation in Sokoto State on Friday as some women supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, demonstrated some rebellion against her.
According to P.M NEWS report online, the PDP supporters embarrassed Mrs Sambo when she spoke at a ceremony to distribute some items to residents of Sokoto.
It was disclosed that Mrs Sambo was midway in her speech when the deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari arrived with the women breaking into chants of “Sai Mai Ruwa”, Sai Mai Ruwa!
It was gathered that when the wife of the vice president discovered that the women continued to eulogise Shagari, she had to abandon her speech and yield the podium for the deputy governor.
As soon as Shagari was invited the entire women even modified their chants: ‘Sokoto sai Mai Ruwa ‘, ‘Sokoto Sai Shagari’, meaning Sokoto is for Shagari.
The Deputy Governor while addressing the women, called on them to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in next month’s general elections.
He commended the wife of the vice president for initiating the projects aimed at improving the lot of women in the state.
Shagari said that the project will go a long way in enhancing job opportunities for the teeming unemployed women in the state.
Shagari appealed to the beneficiaries to utilize the materials giveno to them in enhancing the socio-economic and political growth of the state.
It would be recalled that Shagari was a former PDP governorship aspirant in Sokoto state but lost to Abdallah Wali in the party’s primaries.
His protest to the national body of the PDP yielded no success.
