Divorce your husbands if they stop you from voting APC — Yobe party chairman

The Yobe State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mohammed Gadaka, has urged joined women to divorcement their husbands if they garbage to let them to ballot for the APC successful the upcoming wide elections.

Gadaka made the remark portion speaking successful Nangere municipality connected Thursday, wherever helium received hundreds of defectors into the party.

He pledged to wage the “new bride price” of immoderate pistillate who near her matrimony implicit allegiance to the party.

The remark has sparked outrage crossed the state, with galore residents, including Islamic scholars, describing it arsenic reckless, provocative and susceptible of undermining household values.

Following the backlash, Gadaka withdrew the connection successful a 42-second video posted connected the Facebook leafage of the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Governor Mai Mala Buni, Mamma Mohammed.

The APC president said his remark was misconstrued and was lone intended arsenic a “joking banter” based connected the age-long signifier of teasing betwixt his Ngamo radical and the Kare-Kare-speaking people.

“My connection was conscionable a accustomed joking banter and does not successful immoderate mode correspond the ideals I basal for oregon intended to promote divorcement among joined people,” Gadaka said.

“I connection apologies for my statement, and I hereby retreat it,” helium added.

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