In a desperate bid to steer public sympathy to its side, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja rented a crowd of mostly women to stage a protest in support of the embattled Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Ms. Alison-Madueke has been embroiled in a financial controversy over the N10 billion she spent on chartered jets.
Two of the protesters confided in a correspondent of Sahara Reporters that their organizers had promised to give each protester N5000 after the event.
One of the protesters put her placard upside down because she could not read the inscription on the placard.
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