Police disperse protesting women with tear gas in Awka
SCORES of women from various parts of the state who protested, yesterday, over the conduct of Anambra governorship poll on Saturday, had a rough deal at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as they were dispersed with tear gas canisters by the police attached to the commission. The women, who marched through some streets in Awka and ended up at INEC head office were calling for total cancellation of the election. Some of them carried placards that read “Anambra not for sale,” “No election was conducted in Anambra,” and “We want fresh poll not supplementary poll.” As the women ran for their dear lives, two of them fainted and they were helped out by their colleagues. Their leader, Mrs. Tina Akonobi, said that they were at the commission’s office to “mourn for the disaster, destruction, doom, robbery and fraud that took place on the November 16.” She said: “The election was a sham aimed at insulting th...