staged a protest on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State capital south-east
Nigeria, on the takeover of the Imo Women Development Centre for
President Goodluck Jonathan's visit to hold a town hall meeting with
traditional rulers in the state.
The protesting women who defied the plea by all the security chiefs in
the state, remained adamant as they obstructed free flow of traffic
leading to the venue of the town hall meeting, chanting pro Rochas
Okorocha songs and anti PDP slogans.
The leader of the Imo women group, Mrs Josephine Udoji, said in an
interview with Channels Television that over 3,000 women, drawn from
across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state, had been
billed for a training at the centre on the conduct and role of women
in the 2015 general elections.
She noted that their hopes were cut short by security operatives who
prevented them from gaining access to the venue.
She also said that the centre has been under lock and key for the past
five days by security operatives for no obvious reasons.
The group leader also added that they were surprised that same venue
had been opened by same security operatives for President Jonathan's
visit, alleging that they have continued to harass them in their
state.
Meanwhile, after much persuasion which yielded no result, security
operatives had to disperse the women by tear gas before the arrival of
the Nigerian President.
--ChannelsTV
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