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Divorce husband if he stops you from voting APC — Yobe APC chairman

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Yobe APC Chairman Muhammad Gadaka urged women whose husbands prevent them from voting for the party to seek divorce, offering to pay their dowries.
  • The comment drew criticism from residents and Islamic scholars, who called it reckless and provocative.
  • Gadaka later apologized and withdrew the remark, saying he intended it as a joke.

A senior All Progressives Congress official in Yobe State told married women to leave their husbands if they were prevented from voting for the party, and said he would pay their dowries.

If your husband won’t allow you to vote for APC, stand up to him and seek a divorce. If you leave the marriage, I will pay your dowry and marry you.

· Muhammad GadakaThe Yobe APC chairman made the remark at a campaign rally in Nangere.

Muhammad Gadaka, the state APC chairman, made the comment at a campaign rally in Nangere, according to Arise News. “If your husband won’t allow you to vote for APC, stand up to him and seek a divorce. If you leave the marriage, I will pay your dowry and marry you,” he said.

The remark prompted criticism from residents and Islamic scholars, who described it as reckless and provocative and warned that it could undermine family values. It came days after a Borno state commissioner stirred controversy by threatening to flog people who refused to support the APC in the 2027 election.

My statement was just a joke and does not in any way represent the ideals I stand for or intended to encourage divorce among married people.

· Muhammad GadakaHe later said the comment had been misunderstood.

Gadaka later apologized and withdrew the comment in a video shared by Yobe State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture Abdullahi Bego. “My statement was just a joke and does not in any way represent the ideals I stand for or intended to encourage divorce among married people,” he said. “I offer apologies for my statement, and I hereby withdraw it.”

I offer apologies for my statement, and I hereby withdraw it.

· Muhammad GadakaHe apologized and formally withdrew the remark.
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