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Women groups of the All Progressives Congress and Labour Party in Ekiti State have vowed to protect their votes during the March 28 presidential poll in spite of the vote and go home order of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba.

The groups spoke on the platform of Action Group of the APC on Saturday during an APC women summit organised in Ado Ekiti to drum support for the partys presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osibajo (SAN).

The summit was attended by the LP women and supporters of a member representing Ekiti-Central Federal Constituency 1, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele.

A Labour Party chieftain, Chief Remi Oguntuase, said Nigerians were tired of the Peoples Democratic Partys 16 years of misrule, saying Buhari/Osinbajo administration would usher in a new lease of life that would turn around the fortunes of the country.

Speaking on behalf of the women, former Commissioners under the Kayode

Fayemi-led government, Mrs. Ronke Okunsanya and Mrs. Bunmi Dipo-Salami, as well as the APC women leader, Mrs. Modupe Ogundipe, reiterated the commitment of women to stand against any form of rigging during the poll.

Delivering a paper at the summit, the Executive Director, Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said there was no law in the land that barred the electorate from waiting behind after and voting to monitor and protect their votes.

She lamented that election rigging had always been the cause of violence in the country since 1922.

The human rights activist urged women to become advocates of peace and ensure that they go out massively to exercise their civic rights during next Saturdays election.

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