Oby Ezekwesili Arrested, Released

A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, was Monday morning arrested by security agents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,  Abuja, as she tried to travel to London for a scheduled engagement.

The operatives confiscated her travelling documents as well.

She was however released after the government came under intense pressure as news of her arrest flooded the social media and travelled around the country, with many Nigerians lambasting the administration for increasingly clamping down on critics and members of the opposition.

The Fight Between Oby Ezekwesili And Doyin Okupe

Oby Ezekwesili grew to become a Minister in the President Olusegun Obasanjo government, Doyin Okupe did not and today in the President Goodluck Jonathan government he is not a minister and may never be. But the crux of the matter here is that both of them are in different camps now and both are not cool with that.

DOYIN OKUPE ATTACKS OBY EZEKWESILI ON TWITTER (SEE TWEETS)

      

Mr. Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Adviser to the President on
Public Affairs, called out Ex Minister Oby Ezekwesili on twitter, the former minister who is at the forefront of the #bringbackourgirls campaign, according to mr Okupe was just trying to profit from a national calamity.

See tweets below:





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CHIBOK: PARENTS OF SOME OF THE ABDUCTED GIRLS GO ON HUNGER STRIKE

Mother of one of the abducted girls in tears

The  Community Head of Chibok, Mr. Hosaih Sambido, on Tuesday in Abuja said some parents of the abducted girls have embarked on hunger strike to protest against the incident. Punch reports that Sambido said this when former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, led a protest to the Defence Headquarters to demand the urgent release of the girls.

Sambido, who broke into tears while pleading for help from the military, said the development had instilled fear among female students in the area. He said some parents have refused to eat as a result of the development.
Sambido said: