‘Don't divorce your husbands; I was joking’ — Yobe APC Chair apologises

By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yobe State, Muhammad Gadaka, has withdrawn his controversial call for women to end their marriages if their husbands prevent them from voting for the party in the 2027 elections.

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Gadaka also apologised to the public, saying the remark was made as a joke, and not intended to encourage married women to divorce their husbands.

“I withdraw my earlier statement that any woman whose husband prevents her from voting for the APC should end her marriage, and that I would marry her. I apologise to the public; I only said it as a joke,” Gadaka said.