VIDEO: Drama as minister invades event in Abuja, orders cancellation over alleged impersonation

Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, caused a stir on Thursday in Abuja when she stormed an event and ordered that it be cancelled over alleged impersonation by the organiser. 

According to her, the event organiser has been taken into custody by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged impersonation of the ministry.

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The minister spoke in Abuja on Thursday while stopping the event organised by Mela-Chiyoma Pat Limited.

In a video seen by NewsClick Nigeria, the minister said the event, tagged “Unveiling the power of women and food security,” was conveyed in the name of the ministry of women affairs without approval.

She said President Bola Tinubu ordered the cancellation of the event, but the organiser proceeded with it.

“There is an impersonating thing going on here. The federal ministry of women affairs did not plan this. The lady, I have arrested her. Right now, she is with the Department of State Service (DSS),” the minister said.

“After we wrote that we were cancelling, the president approved that we should cancel until further notice; she still went ahead to print this thing.

“This is impersonation. As far as this thing was given out there, that makes it a fraud. So, that is why I am standing here to explain this to everyone. She has been arrested.

“She should have organised herself, used her name to make an invitation, and used her name to do this and not to use the federal ministry of women affairs.

“I can’t allow this programme to move on. I am sorry about it because this is pure impersonation, and the president is not happy about it.

“I am saying this. Let the media cover it; I don’t care. You don’t do this. You don’t take the ministry for granted,” she told participants already gathered for the event.