On Friday afternoon, elderly women, mainly widows, protested in the capital city of Lafia, Nasarawa State, to voice their dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress.
Sule’s 2023 election victory was contested in court by David Ombugadu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for governor.
The governor was removed from office by the state election petition tribunal, which also proclaimed Ombugadu the victor of the March 18, 2023 election.
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However, the appellate court upheld Sule’s reinstatement and declared that the tribunal had erroneously depended on the testimony of eight PDP witnesses, whose sworn declarations had not been front-loaded with the petition.
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun of the Supreme Court, however, determined that the appeal was without merit.
Since the verdict was announced on Friday, a number of demonstrations organized by women’s organizations have broken out in the state capital.
Due to the protest, our correspondent saw that numerous routes in the state capital were blocked, including the frequently used Lafia-Jos Road.
The state capital of Lafia required drivers to use alternate roads in order to leave.
During a conversation with our correspondent, Dogo Audu, a self-identified vehicle mechanic in Lafia, advocated for the deployment of additional security personnel to bring peace back to the area.
Due to the protests, stores and business establishments in the state capital, including schools, had also hastily shuttered.