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General News of Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-02-06
Members of the minority held papers bearing the inscription "Bloody Widow" at the exit of Parliament.
A group called Professionals for Change (P4C) called on the minority caucus in Parliament to apologize to Ayawaso West Wuogon, MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon, for being removed at her swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday January 5, 2019 she as a "bloody widow".
The group said in a statement that the behavior of the minority caucus was "cold to the heart" and "heartless", given that the new legislator is a widow.
Minority MPs said they boycotted Alhbadan's investiture because they did not want to believe in his victory in the violent January 31, 2019 by-election.
About an hour after the start of the by-elections, heavily armed National Security members shot and wounded supporters of the opposing National Democratic Congress in the private residence of the party's candidate.
In a statement, the minority said: "We organized a strike not to give credibility or legitimacy to this bloody election and its so-called subsequent swearing-in.
"We sincerely believe that the memory of our deceased colleague does not deserve this kind of bloody legacy, even though Mrs. Lydia Alhbadan and her collaborators think otherwise."
Before organizing the strike, the minority deputies held placards on the floor of the house, some of which read as "Bloody Widow".
Professionals for Change condemned the action of the minority.
In a statement, the group asked, "Where is their humanity? For political reasons, NDC MPs have chosen to reject one of our social norms of giving respect to a widow and describing her, and have decided to describe her in such an unpleasant way. It's the height of insensitivity on the part of the minority! It's heartless, it's the least we can say.
"We ask for an unqualified apology from the minority to the honorable Lydia Seyram Alhbadan. By their own logic, B.T. Baba, the Talensi MP, also should not have been recognized because his election was characterized by terrible acts of violence and chaos that caused fatal injuries to innocent voters. "
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