A mild drama ensued on Tuesday at the Presidential villa as the recently suspended Director General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh attempted to attend the Economic Management Meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ms Oteh was a member of the economic management team by virtue of her former position as the DG SEC.
However, with her suspension, it is expected that she would cease to be a member and give way to the acting DG, Ibrahim Bello, to take over her membership.
Ms Oteh made a dramatic appearance at the venue of the meeting at about 1.30pm on Tuesday.
She was still settling down on the seat reserved for DG SEC when a female protocol official approached her and engaged her in a discussion.
Immediately after the short discussion, Ms Oteh, holding tenaciously to her two handbags, and the protocol official left the council chambers. They both headed towards the president’s office.
Five minutes later, the female official returned without the former SEC DG. But no sooner had the official returned than Ms Oteh re-appeared at the venue.
She placed her handbags beside her seat and walked to the other side of the hall to hold consultation with the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
After the consultation, Ms Oteh left the venue with her two bags and again headed towards the president’s office.
She again returned to the venue a few minutes after and took her seat.
Shortly after her final return, President Goodluck Jonathan arrived the venue and the meeting commenced.
