“I Will Marry You”- Yobe APC Chairman Under Fire After Telling Married Women To Leave Husbands Who Oppose APC
- Yobe State APC Chairman Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka has withdrawn his controversial remark urging married women to leave their husbands if they prevent them from voting for the APC.
- The politician, who had offered to pay the bride price and marry any woman who took such a step, later apologised and said the comment was only a joking banter that had been misconstrued.
Gadaka, has withdrawn his controversial comment urging married women to leave their husbands if they prevent them from voting for the party.
Gadaka made the remark on Thursday in Nangere town while receiving hundreds of defectors into the APC, where he reportedly told women whose husbands opposed their support for the party to leave their marriages.
He also said he would pay the bride price and marry any woman who left her husband because of the political disagreement.
The statement sparked widespread criticism, with residents and Islamic scholars describing it as reckless and provocative and warning that such remarks could negatively affect family values.
Amid the backlash, Gadaka later issued an apology and withdrew the statement in a 42-second video shared on the Facebook page of Governor Mai Mala Buni’s Director General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamma Mohammed.
The APC chairman explained that his comment had been misconstrued and was only intended as a joking banter rooted in an age-long teasing practice between his Ngamo people and the Kare Kare-speaking people.
“My statement was just a usual joking banter and does not in any way represent the ideals I stand for or intended to encourage divorce among married people,” Gadaka said.
“I offer apologies for my statement, and I hereby withdraw it,” he added.
