The wives of Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu are fighting each other over the First Lady seat in the state.
Hajia Aisha Bagudu and Dr. Zainab Bagudu, are both using the logo and letter headed paper of the Kebbi State office of the First Lady as their husband the governor failed to choose who will occupy the office.
While Dr Zainab Bagudu accompanied the governor during his pre-election campaign tours, Hajia Aisha Bagudu is very close to women at the grassroots, as well as her robust relationships with the mallams and locals in the state. This, reports say has put Governor Bagudu at a crossroad.
A source in the governor's office told Per Second News that after the swearing-in of the governor, he instructed that the letter headed paper for the office of the first lady should be printed for Zainab.
"But after His Excellency travelled to Abuja and returned, he change his mind and directed that the letter headed paper for the office of the first lady should be printed for his two wives and the decision is now generating tension in the family."
A fisticuff between the two women was reportedd to have angered the governor who has left them alone at the government house and now operates mostly from his house, PSN learnt.
Some top government functionaries that commented on the first lady crisis advised the governor to appoint the wife of the deputy governor as the first lady, since he is afraid to offend his wives by appointing one of them as the first lady.
Last week, a group known as Women Coalition Group (WCG) in Kebbi, appealed to the Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, not to scrap office of the first lady in spite of the feud over the office among his wives. Hajiya Fatima Mustapha, who is the state chairperson of the association said: "As a woman, I am duty bound to make a plea on behalf of all women in the state to beg the governor not to abolish this good office because it empowers the women folk and assist the children especially the less privileged ones", she said.
"What Governor Bagudu needs to do is to sit with his wives and resolve the issue amicably for the interest of Kebbi women. I also appeal to wives of the governor to sheath their swords on the ongoing saga over the first lady slot," she said.
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