A mild fracas ensued at the Federal Secretariat Abuja on Wednesday
the 23rd of October, 2013 when two groups of protesters with
opposing views on the behaviour of the “not so popular at the moment” Minister
of Aviation Stella Oduah, clashed over who had the right to use the particular
space adjacent the car park of the secretariat complex.
One of the groups led by former House of Representatives
member, Dino Melaye, had arrived the spot with about 12 placard carrying youths
wearing red T-shirts, demanding for the resignation of the minister of
aviation, when another group in support of the minister arrived. Shoving and
shouting ensued according to eye witness reports.
Melaye accused the other group of being sponsored to disrupt
his protest.The youths, however, explained to him that they were on a mission
to ensure that things are done in the right manner and would not succumb to his
blackmail.
Both sides started chanting slogans at the spot with one
group hailing the aviation minister for her contribution to the development of
the aviation sector while the Melaye group called on the minister to resign for
alleged corruption.
He stated that the aviation minister had to go because of
the recent allegation that she bought two BMW cars for N255 million.
The scene was eventually broken up with the intervention of
the police who invited the protesters to their office.
