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| Muazu Babangida Aliyu |
The immediate past governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu was booed and stoned by angry crowds at the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium, venue of the inauguration of the new governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello.
The Nation reports that the former governor was saved from the embarrassment by armed military men who released several gunshots and tear gas and then ferried him out of the venue of the event.
Aliyu, whose convoy arrived the inauguration venue at about 10.15am, was booed on arrival by the crowd as he climbed the podium to take the salute of the military guard.
Shouts of “Barawo,” “Thief,” “Ole” “Change has come,” “Your time is past, go,” filled the air at the stadium.
Sensing the tension, the organisers of the ceremony had to prevent the ex-governor from making speech as earlier planned on the programme. The outgoing Secretary to the State government, Seidu Ndako Kpaki, spoke on behalf of the government.
At about 11am when the new governor was taking his oath of office and oath of allegiance, Aliyu who sat beside his estranged deputy, Hon. Ahmed Musa Ibeto, for the first time in the public since the latter dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, was pelted with slippers and a sachet water, forcing his security details to form human shields round him.
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