It is common
knowledge that the beautiful woman that calls the shots in the oil industry in
Nigeria, Diezani Alison Madueke is the
most powerful woman in Nigeria, some say she takes care of the left ear of the
president while the First Lady, Patience takes care of the right and both have
learnt not to cross each other's path.
A source
told us that no matter what recommendation any probe or investigative report
come up with, some other people might fall by the wayside and be swept away,
Diezani will never be sacrificed or eased out of her plum job.
“that is
settled and many reasons can be adduced for this”, said our source, who
revealed further that the main reason for her been in office in the first place
apart from the fact that she rose to become the first female executive director
in the history of Shell Petroleum Development Corporation in Nigeria early in
year 2006, is the fact that she also hold a pride of place in the heart of Mr.
President as the elder sister to his second wife, you can fill in the gap is
who best to keep the president’s secret”, a source close to Mr President
revealed.
Another
source that is also close to the corridors of power told us sarcastically,
“well, I believe there is more to the relationship than meet the eyes probably
what some people are saying that she is a gate-keeper for some hidden treasure
which is jointly owned by the President and the cabal could be true.
One thing
nobody can deny is the fact that Patience never wanted this woman in that
office; he threw all kind of trap on her path when Jonathan was to draw the
list of cabinet members, Odein Ajumogobia was her preferred candidate for the
plum job but when shove came to push, Diezani overcame and got the job.
Investigations
revealed that other factors also came to bear in the choice of Diezani as the
oil minister, one is the well known fact about her family background, her
father was his royal highness, Chief Fredrick Abiye Agama, the Ogbolom Edede of
the Epic Atissa clan in Bayelsa State, the general believe is that the powerful
monarch was instrumental to the creation of Bayelsa State and it would amount to a great
disrespect to overlook him when he needs any kind of favor from anybody that is
somebody in Ijaw Kingdom.
A source
close to the woman in the eye of the storm however told us that the oil
minister was really well groomed, “she came prepared for the job, just check
out her background and you'll know why people will always envy her, with a
solid educational background, and an intimidating career in America and other
western countries. She's more than qualified to be trusted with the job. She's
not the typical African woman who will rush into marriage because of time, she
achieved all these before she settled down as a happily married woman at the
age of 39”, the source concluded.