Nigeria, June 15 -- Journalist and former senator Babafemi Ojudu has criticised the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, after a viral video showed her dancing with Nigerian inmates during a recent visit to a prison in Ethiopia.

Mr Ojudu, who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2015 and later served as Special Adviser on Political Matters to former President Muhammadu Buhari, said the minister's conduct projected the wrong message about crime, punishment, and public leadership.

In a statement posted on his social media platforms, Mr Ojudu questioned the appropriateness of the scene captured during the minister's visit to Nigerian prisoners in Ethiopia.

"I watched it several times, hoping there...