During the third day of ministerial screening in the Senate, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, the Senate Minority Leader representing Plateau North Senatorial District, confronted Dele Alake, a former presidential spokesman and current ministerial nominee, over allegations of attacking opposition politicians.

Mwadkwon claimed that Alake had referred to supporters of a particular presidential candidate as “wild dogs” during the last presidential election….CONTINUE READING

Alake, one of President Bola Tinubu’s initial 28 nominees, was grilled by Mwadkwon but was not given the opportunity to answer the question due to interruptions and objections from other senators.

Despite the incident, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, commended Alake’s capacity and asked him to take a ‘bow,’ concluding the screening session without addressing the opposition leader’s query.