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The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) this evening demaded the immediate sack of Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Odua, even as it demanded the recall of Senator Joy Emordi to her post as Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters.

Princess Odua’s crime, according to New PDP in a statement signed on its behalf by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, is her alleged abandoning of the remodeling of the Port Harcourt International Airport due to the frosty relationship between President Jonathan and Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State.

Said Chief Eze in the statement: “Mr. President, if it is true that the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Odua, has abandoned the remodeling of the Port Harcourt International Airport while completing those started at the same time because of the assumed conflict between you and your brother, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, we demand her immediate sack before she causes further damage to your administration.”

On Senator Emordi, the pary said: “We have equally read reports that Senator Joy Emordi was sacked as Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters because of her candid advice that inducing members of the National Assembly financially to impeach their principal officers would be counter-productive. If this is true, we hereby demand her immediate reinstatement. For Senator Emordi to be bold enough to tell Mr. President the implication of such a corrupt inducement of the lawmakers should earn her commendation rather than a sack. Instead of sacking such a forthright and patriotic Amazon, the President should sack those hawks around him planning to ridicule him by encouraging him to embark on acts capable of making him very unpopular amongst his supporters and followers.”

•Photo shows Aviation Minister Stella Odua.

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