Nigeria, Nov. 14 -- The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has defended Ahmad Yarima, the naval officer who had an altercation with the Minister Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over a disputed land in Abuja.

Mr Matawalle, who spoke on Thursday in a telephone interview with DCL Hausa, also criticised Mr Wike, saying that he defied the advice of the naval officer's supervisors.

"What the minister did was not okay, " he said, adding that he ought not have engaged in an argument with the officer.

"The officers have superiors, and he (Wike) is our colleague. If there's anything at all, he should have contacted us. And what the officer did was based on order. The officer followed the order, and he was respectful," he add...