Gisaor was one of the eight nominees for the state electoral commission submitted for screening a few days ago. The other nominees are Dr John Chen , Theodore Uchi, Terhemen Shom, Solomon Deva, Peter Ogagbolo, Edache Isaac and Gloria Clement. At a plenary session on Thursday, a member of the House, representing Konshisha State Constituency, Cephas Dyako called the attention of his colleagues to a Facebook post made by Gisaor prior to his nomination.
” Dyako said one person who commented on Gisaor’s Facebook post advised him to delete the post and apologise but he refused to do so. When asked to defend himself, the nominee explained that he met an elderly woman during a fight between the Yarev and Ikparev people of Tyo-mu in Makurdi and it was the woman who insulted the Tiv people while talking to him.
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