A crowd of protesters yesterday stormed a town hall meeting in Akure, the capital city of Ondo State, wher Senator Ayo Akinyelure (Ondo Central Senatorial District) spoke. Armed with placards with abusive inscriptions, the protesters demanded the senator’s removal following his vote for a widely condemned measure that approved early child marriage.The protests drove Mr. Akinyelure to tears as he explained that his vote was misunderstood and also apologized to his constituents.
Among the protesters were elderly women, widows and clergymen. Many of the demonstrators were teenagers who chanted angry slogans and urged voters in the state to register displeasure with what they termed the “barbaric attitude” of Nigerian senators who endorsed the idea of marrying off teenage girls.
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