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Edo State chapter
of Action Congress of Nigeria is again passing through some trying
times as over 1000 female members of the party in Ekpoma protested the
stabbing to death over the weekend of one of their members, Josephine
Abhulimen.

Mrs. Abhulimen was
allegedly attacked and killed on the night of 7th January 2011, by
unknown assassins who stabbed her to death after several attempts to
shoot her failed. Police authorities confirmed that they found her dead
in a pool of her own blood at her residence in Ukpenu quarters of
Ekpoma.

The frontline
female politician was recently appointed a supervisory councilor in the
Esan West local government council under controversial circumstances.
She is believed to have met her death over political differences.

The protesters, who
were led by Mrs. Esther Abuedefe, marched in their hundreds through the
major streets in the town, dressed in tattered clothes, carrying leaves
and chanting curses on those behind the killing of the politician. They
said that they are afraid that those among them seeking political
positions could also meet a similar fate.

She said this is
because the development may force their spouses to ban them from
participating in the political process to help enthrone transparent and
accountable leadership in the country, on account of insecurity of life.

The women said that God and the ancestors in Ekpoma will not forgive
the murder of Mrs. Abhulimen whom they described as a person who would
not hurt a fly. They, therefore, called on the police to fish out her
killers.