Ahead of the April 25th re-run election in Taraba State, some concerned women are threatening to mobilise hundreds of thousands of Nigerian women to protest naked in support of the female contestant in the gubernatorial race, should there be foul play in the process.
The women under the aegis of The Ladies of Grace and Agape Sisters alleged that there were noticeable series of intimidations exhibited by the opponents of Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan, aspiring to become first elected female governor in the country.
The women therefore urged all the agencies to remain neutral during the re-run election, while also calling on all registered voters especially, Taraba women to ignore all kinds of intimidation and come out en-masse to vote for their own.
The Coordinator of the group, Jane Onuh who disclosed this yesterday while addressing a press conference in Abuja, specifically fingered men, military, police as well as electoral officials, to be the source of the intimidations on Alhassan.
Onuh pointed out that the women would have remained quiet and neutral but for their disadvantaged background and the clamour to sustain the goals set for Nigerian women in the post Beijin conference over two decades ago.
“We dare warn of adverse consequences should the establishment or otherwise known as Taraba Cabal insist on intimidating a female contestant in the Taraba guber race.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we will mobilise hundreds of thousands of Nigerian women to protest nudely on April 25th if any official behave funny.
“We will be exposing the cabals and their cohorts who are still living in the stone age that the position of woman, no matter how eminently qualified, still resides in her kitchen,” she stressed.
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