The ongoing crises in Nasarawa state has escalated with the shooting of a yet-to-be-identified woman in the state capital, Lafia, on Friday.
She was among those protesting the Supreme Court’s judgement which affirmed the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule.
DAILY POST recalls that protests broke out in Lafia and other parts of the state over the court verdict, which upheld Sule’s election and threw out the Peoples Democratic Party and Emmanuel Ombugadu’s case. In a video trending on the social media, the woman was seen walking naked and alone when an unidentified person shot at her. The woman, whose identity could not be ascertained at the moment, was seen crying and rolling in the pool of her blood.
DAILY POST could not ascertain if she was shot by security men or hoodlums. A background voice commenting in Hausa language after the woman fell said, “Lafia has become what it has become.”
Checks by DAILY POST show that there is palpable fear among residents of the state as irate youths in some areas are insisting that the protest against the judgement of the Supreme Court must continue. Earlier, police in the state forcefully dispersed aged women using tear gas at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state secretariat.
The angry women protesting said they did not vote for Governor Abdullahi Sule who was declared winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) amid controversies.
The protesters who displayed placards with various inscriptions accused Governor Sule of rigging himself to power and forcing himself on the people. They, therefore, hurled curses at everyone who participated in denying them what they described as their mandate.
Hurling curses at politicians whom they accused of rigging Governor Sule into power, one of the angry protesters said, “I came here stark naked the way I came into this world to fight for my emancipation.
“Should there be my own compatriots who colluded with them to steal our mandate, I stand here today to curse and declare that may the ground open up and swallow them all.”
SaharaReporters had reported that following the announcement of the election results, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of conspiring with officials of the INEC and security agents to manipulate and alter the governorship election results in the state.
The party alleged that the stolen results were taken to various locations including the Government House and the Federal University, Lafia, where APC agents altered and manipulated the figures in favour of the party.
The State Returning Officer for the governorship election, Professor Tanko Ishaya, declared that Governor Sule of the APC polled 347,209 votes, to beat his closest rival, David Ombugadu of the PDP, who had 283,016 votes.
Credits: DAILY POST /Sahara Reporters
