Nasarawa state women have vowed to continue their action until the alleged rightful winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state is declared winner, saying they will go naked to cry against what they described as rape of democracy in the state.

The women alleged that the people’s mandate was stollen by the seating governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Sule, in connivance with the Independent National Electoral Comission (INEC).

They claim that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. David Emmanuel Ombugadu, won the election. Majority of the protestants are women of the PDP in the state.

The women in politics made the pledge to continue with the protest in a media conference in Lafia, the state capital, on Tuesday.

PDP women leader in the state, Mrs Stella Obosi, said women would turn out nude in the next phase of the protest to pass the clear and unambiguous message of rape of the electoral system.

Obosi said the nudity would cleanse the land of the impurity foisted on it by the APC-led administration in the state in connivance with the INEC.

“In our cultures, we all know when an elderly mother goes naked and seeks God’s intervention on the land, it comes to pass. The nakedness of our mothers, widows, and every woman will never go in vain,” she stated.

The protestants said while women in the state succeeded in their drive to entrench a better government, they were robbed through massive rigging, which allegedly took place in Chiroma and Gayam wards in Lafia local government areas of the state.

“We are Nasarawa women drawn from various political parties, various religious backgrounds, and statuses who are not happy with the conduct and outcome of INEC’s declaration of the results of the 2023 gubernatorial elections in our state.

“During the March 18th gubernatorial elections of Nasarawa state, women came out en-masse to cast their votes for the person they feel best suited to represent them better based on his track records, vision and ideas going forward.

“Their enthusiasm was driven by the conviction that the effective mass mobilization undertaken by the campaign team would result in massive votes for Hon. Ombugadu, in a free and fair contest.

“But the women were instead greeted with a shocker that kept all of us wondering what just happened.

“The announcement of A. A. Sule as the winner of that election came to us with surprise, shock and as daylight robbery,” she told journalists.