REVEALED! DIEZANI ALLISON MADUEKE'S BEST KEPT SECRET

Deziani Allison Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum and the longest serving minister in President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, is no doubt, a very powerful woman. She is so influential that the ill wind that would have removed many from their posts, has not in any way, ruffled her feathers. However, Allison-Madueke has some funny past and of recent, which she has consciously dissociated herself from. Lately, tongues have been wagging over how and why she left two years out of her official curriculum vitae, especially since these years were spent in a higher institution in Nigeria.

Sources disclosed to The ELITES that between 1974 and 1976, Allison Madueke was a student of the Federal School of Arts and Science Mubi, now Federal Polytechnic Mubi.  Curiously, none of her official records ever include this vital piece of information. It was gathered that the Petroleum Minister might have resorted to hiding this fact because she did not make any of her A- Level papers as she left the school having failed the three science subjects.

According to competent sources, among who were Allison-Madueke’s classmates and colleagues at the institution, she was a fun-loving girl of sorts, back in those days. It was gathered that she spent most of her time with her then boyfriend whose name was given as, Valentine Nwandu, and she was always in the company of Henry Ajudua, the elder brother to 419 king pin, Fred Ajudua.

Perhaps, Allison-Madueke is not too proud of her escapades, and she doesn't want to be reminded of her past, what most people find difficult to accept is why she cannot spare thirty minutes to receive her former colleagues. Sources disclosed that Allison-Madueke has repeatedly rebuffed every attempt by members of her alma mata to pay her a courtesy visit.

Even when the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Alhaji Samaila Aliu, a former student of School of Arts and Science contacted her about the association and informed her of their plan to pay a visit and fete her at the Command Guest House, Allison-Madueke, reportedly, turned down the move. Observers have always asked why in all her publicised bio data, no mention is made of Allison-Madueke, attending any school other than her university education and postgraduate programmes.