Police disperse about 300 protesting women in Anambra.

Several women injured, while two went unconscious when security agents dispersed about 300 female protesters in the capital of Anambra State, Awka, on November 20, 2013, Wednesday.

The women, who identified themselves as Anambra Women, called for the cancellation of the election and the discontinuation of the supplementary election called by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at a yet-to-be-announced date.

They carried placards with such inscriptions as, ‘

The women were dispersed by security operatives attached to INEC office, who fired teargas canisters into their midst, leaving many of the elderly women wounded while two persons fainted.

Mrs. Tina Akonobi, one of the leaders of the protesters, said they were at the commission’s office to “mourn for the disaster, destruction, doom, robbery and fraud that took place on the November 16.”

Source: Legit.ng