The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has resigned her ministerial appointment and also withdrawn her membership from the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Alhassan made this announcement on her official Twitter accounts.

The minister submitted a letter to the APC in Sarakin ward of Jalingo local government to formally notify the APC of her withdrawal.

“Today, the 29th of September 2018, I wish to transmit to the President my decision to resign as the Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and withdraw my membership of the All Progressive Congress (APC),” Alhassan tweeted.

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In an earlier letter to Buhari, Alhassan said she was resigning from the ruling party because had been disqualified from running for governor in the eastern Taraba state.

“I received with shock and dismay that I was disqualified and not cleared to contest,” Alhassan said in the letter. “No reason was given for my disqualification Sir”.

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Recall that the minister who had shown interest in contesting the 2019 governorship election in Taraba state was screened out of the race by the ruling party.

Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the APC, had told journalists that Alhassan was disqualified from contesting the Taraba governorship primary over anti-party activities.

Oshiomhole said the minister had not been completely loyal to the APC, and the party could not tolerate those who played such persons within its ranks.

He said after reviewing utterances from the minister and following her obvious relationship with one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, the APC national working committee had no option than to disqualify her.

Alhassan had endorsed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election even before Buhari made public his reelection bid.