GTN gathered On Tuesday, that Female leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stormed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
They claimed they were dumped after elections and that they were not included in the sharing of appointments and palliatives. The women led by Mrs. Patricia Yakubu, their president, claimed they were left out of the larger picture after the 2023 election.
Yakubu who said they were at the party’s headquarters to pass a vote of confidence on the national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, however, lamented that, despite the risks and loss of properties they took during the campaigns, they have not been recognised.
“Since after the elections, Your Excellency, you may note that, only 1 bag of rice and 1 paper wrapper was given to the states women leaders from the national secretariat of the party.
“Even the palliatives that was distributed was not given to the women leaders for onward distribution to the grassroots. We party women leaders waited and waited to no avail; it is very sad, she bemoaned.
“Respectfully, we wish to notify you that the women leaders sacrificed so much towards the victory of our great party during the 2023 elections. The women slept on the grass in open spaces, took great risks at Women Development Center, Abuja, and almost in every state during electioneering period to ensure victory.
“The house of one of us was demolished on the election day by the opposition party in her state to distract her from canvassing votes for the party. The son of one of us was kidnapped a day to the presidential election.
“Another woman was detained in the police station for 3 days on the election day. Then one of us was involved in a ghastly motor accident during the campaign, because they did not want to hear of APC in her community and is still in and out of the hospital.
The APC states women leaders pleaded with Ganduje to intervene in the situation.
