After Aisha Al-Hassan, who might have become the first female governor in Nigeria, was defeated by the PDP governorship candidate, Darius Ishaku, at this year’s governorship re-run election in Taraba state, a lot of Nigerians expressed their disagreement towards her loss.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Ishiaku got 360,318 votes while the APC’s candidate, Aisha Al-Hassan, got 275,985 votes.
Nigerians all over the country took to their Twitter, Facebook accounts to support Aisha Al-Hassan. At one point there were indications that Ms. Al-Hassan, fondly known as Mama Taraba by supporters, may overtake her main challenger, Mr. Ishaku.
After the INC declared Darius Ishaku as the winner of Taraba governorship election, Aisha Alhassan reportedly has rejected the results of the poll. Describing the entire elections process as “daylight robbery”, she allegedly said that the APC would challenge the results in the elections petitions tribunal.
Naij.com follower Austin Mackay said: “At least she put up a very good fight. Keep it up, failure is never final, tomorrow is another day.”
“She made women proud,” said another Naij.com reader, Awuzie Frankline Chinedu, on Facebook.
“She is a hero, the fact election has to be extended to this level shows how strong she is. And to you the people of Taraba who vote for man born and brought up in Kaduna, a man who don’t even know the number of local governments in his own state, you will regrets at last. You will wish to have her instead of that guy when she is no more,” Saminu Sman shared his opinion.
Mama Taraba might lose the election, but she is a winner in the eyes of many of us. She is a leader & an inspiration to many Nigerians. 
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Seems we will have to postpone when to smash that glass ceiling. Mama Taraba tried massively. It was always going to be tough for her.
Hopes dashed as Mama Taraba is defeated in Taraba. The question is, was she defeated by the voters of by Gen. T.Y. Danjuma?
A support for Mama Taraba! Take a look and share! @APCNigeria @APCUKingdom
However, not everyone supports Ms. Aisha Al-Hassan as some people believe that a woman’s place is шn the kitchen and it would be a disaster to have а female governor. There are really mean comments about Ms. Al-Hassan circling around social media.
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