Hundreds of them could not vote on Saturday, due to the late arrival of electoral materials in their communities. The women said rescheduling the election to Sunday morning when most of them were in church was “a wicked act” by INEC.
They sang songs depicting their anger, saying: “We no go gree oo, we no go gree, anyi aturo vote (we did not vote), we no go gree.”
As they attempted the march on INEC headquarters in Awka, police officers stationed at the junction leading to the commission’s office stopped them.
The women dared the police to shoot them, singing in Igbo: “Iwe na ewe anyi, ehh, iwe na ewe anyi, anyi aturo nu vote oo, iwe (we are angry because we didn’t not cast our votes).”
One of the women said: “It’s our right to choose our leader. Jega promised us free and fair election, yet he failed us.
“Election didn’t hold in many local government areas yet they are preparing to announce results. Which results do they want to announce? Where did they get the results? It is a rigged result.”
Our correspondent in Akwa gathered that hundreds of women cried and rolled on the streets, cursing on INEC for depriving them of their constitutional rights to elect their leader.