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Hundreds of women protesting the takeover of the Women Development Centre in Owerri, the Imo State capital for President Jonathan’s town hall meeting with a faction of traditional rulers headed by Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, were Tuesday teargased by stern looking security men who barricaded the road leading to the Centre.
The women, who defied all entreaties by the heads of the security agencies in the state, took over the roads leading to the venue of the town hall meeting, chanting anti Jonathan slogans.
Scores of them were wounded, while several others suspected to be asthmatic fainted after inhaling the tear gas fume.
The Director General of the Centre, Hon Ndidi Iheme, stated that the over 2500 women drawn from across the 27 Local Government Areas of the State, were billed for a training at the centre on the conduct and role of women in the 2015 general elections.
She stated further that the centre has been locked up for the past five days without any explanation, adding that, “there is no court injunction whatsoever restraining us from having access to our office but we have been locked out for over five days without explanation.”
According to her, “we have slated a training for the women today at the centre and we came this morning to start but were denied entrance by the security men. We were not given any prior notice about the President’s visit or any information that the centre was going to be used for any town hall meeting of any sort and we have resolved that we are not going to allow this intimidation.”
However, The Nation gathered that President Jonathan’s decision to visit the Eze Ilomuanya led faction of the Traditional Rulers’ Council may have provoked the authorities in the state.
Ilomuanya, who was deposed as a traditional ruler by the state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, over his romance with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was recognized by President Jonathan, obviously to spite the state government. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Better for the women. The teargas serves them well. If anything happens to them, they will go and tell God that APC Rochas sponsored them to protest against their president, bcos He's not in the same party wit him. Fools
ReplyDeleteWell, l can understand your grievances. Either you don't have mother or she is worthless mother, perhaps she doesn't deserve to called by that. Then how can you feel for others mother? Sorry for your loss.
DeleteHow could u people pretend or feign ignorance of d d president's visit? Rochas I support ur 2nd term bid but I don't support u denying president assess to use a facility under d orchestrated , impromtu nd fake women's training, just to stop Jonathan frm assessing d facility.
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