Women Groups Threaten To Go On Nude Protest, If Mama Taraba Is Intimidated In Taraba Re-run Election

By Chris Nomjov and Agency reporter

Two civil society groups, Ladies of Grace and Agape Sisters,  have threatened to protest nude, if the female governorship candidate in the Taraba governorship race is intimidated.

Mrs Jean Onuh, Coordinator of Agape Sisters, issued the threat in Abuja on Friday when she  briefed newsmen on the Taraba run-off election.

Onuh said Sen. Aisha Alhassan represented the interest of Nigerian women in the Taraba governorship poll holding on April 25.

She alleged that Alhassan was being intimidated by her opponents and officials of the Independent Electoral commission (INEC).

“We would have remained quiet and very neutral but for our disadvantaged background and the clamour to sustain the goals set for Nigerian women in the post Beijing Conference.

“We dare warn of adverse consequences should the establishment known as the Taraba cabal insist on intimidating a female contestant in the race.

“We will mobilise hundreds of thousands of Nigerian women to protest nude on April 25, if any official behaves funny,’’ Onuh said.

She called on all involved in the Taraba poll to remain neutral and urged registered voters, especially women, to ignore all kinds of intimidation to come out and vote for  Alhassan.

Female governorship candidate of the APC, Hajia Alhassan, who earned the recent title of ‘Mama Taraba’, is going head to head with the PDP candidate, Darius Isyaku, in the re-run election in Taraba. The re-run election was pronounced after the elections in April 11, 2015 was deemed inconclusive.