The minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan says the comment attributed to her on the involvement of the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai in the kidnap of over 200 Chibok school girls in 2014, is false.

Alhassan’s spokesman, Dantsoho Suleiman in a statement, said the comment is a “plot to cause bad blood between Senator Jummai and her APC colleagues”.

The statement read, “The current APC government under President Buhari inherited series of problems from the past administration, the kidnap of the Chibok girls by the dreaded Boko Haram happens to be one of them and President Buhari and our military have been able to rescue some of them and checked Boko Haram’s excesses.

“Senator Jummai is not in possession of any security report and therefore will never have made the statement allegedly made by her against the person of governor El-Rufai.

“Boko Haram kidnapped many others, including women and children apart from Chibok Girls. And this government has been able to rescue most of them.

“The plot to cause bad blood between Senator Jummai And Her APC Colleagues will continue to hit a brick wall.”

Alhassan has accused a former minister of aviation, Femi-Fani Kayode, of spreading “falsehood, lies and propaganda” over the statement attributed to her.

Fani-Kayode wrote on Twitter, asking Alhassan to disclose all she knows about the governor’s role in the “Chibok girls scam and Boko Haram”.

Mama Taraba is a courageous woman who has spoken the truth. @atiku is a blessing whilst @MBuhari is a curse. The APC sun is about to set.

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) September 10, 2017

Mama Taraba has a duty to tell us all she knows about @elrufai's alleged role in the Chibok girls scam and Boko Haram.I urge her to do so.

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) September 10, 2017

I said it BEFORE, DURING and AFTER the 2015 presidential campaign that the truth about the Chibok girls and those behind BH was yet to be

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) September 10, 2017

heard. Now it is all coming out. Nothing is hidden under the sun. Thank u Mama Taraba.Soon the world will know who the real terrorists are.

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) September 10, 2017

Alhassan’s reply:

As a formr minister of the federal republic, it is demeaning on ur persn to deliberately engage in peddling false. I never said such. Delete https://t.co/Onwv9LfPOL

— Sen. Jummai Alhassan (@SenAishaAlhassn) September 10, 2017

You peddled falsehood. And that's exactly what it is. Lies and propaganda. Thank God APC is cleaning up your mess. https://t.co/MlSnwMAk7S

— Sen. Jummai Alhassan (@SenAishaAlhassn) September 10, 2017