Shout Of ‘Up NEPA’ During FG’s Meeting With US, UK Convoys On #Twitterban.
It was an embarrassing moment as light went off for solid 10minutes during Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs meeting with envoys of the US, UK, Ireland, Canada and the European Union after they all condemned the federal government’s decision to indefinitely suspend Twitter in Nigeria.
The power outage occurred at 1:01 pm to the shock of many, even with one journalist retorting, ‘Naija!’
Staff of the ministry hurried to open more blinds to ‘clear the way’ for light and perhaps, air.
Journalists and others standing by the windows had to make way for natural light, just as Onyeama, accompanied by Zubairu Dada, minister of state for foreign affairs, struggled to hide their feelings about the situation.
The minister continued with his remarks anyway, speaking on how Nigeria values its relations with the US, UK, Canada, Ireland and EU, hence the need for the meeting.
By then, some of those in attendance had lost hope that the power supply will be restored before the curtains — read ‘blinds’ — fall on the event.
The envoys — all five of them — sat back and watched as the darkness unfolded.
1:11 pm. Up ‘NEPA’!
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