Scores of women carrying placards and chanting songs...

Scores of women carrying placards and chanting songs stormed Governor Bola Tinubu's Office in Alausa pleading for Safiya Hussaini's life.
The women protested against the death by stoning sentence passed on Safiya Hussaini by a Sharia court in Sokoto State over alleged adultery.
They arrived at the secretariat office of the governor in the sweltering heat of the sun about 1.00 p.m., chanting solidarity songs and imploring all to do everything possible to save Safiya's life.
They also came armed with a protest letter for Governor Tinubu to pass on to his Sokoto State counterpart, Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, whose government set up the Sharia court that convicted Safiya.
The letter addressed to the governor, copies of which were made available to newsmen, read: "We are a group of concerned women who take interest in what goes on in our society.
"We are, therefore, here for two reasons. We may not be able to reach the governor of Sokoto State, but we can reach you, our governor and we know you can reach the governor of Sokoto State.
"We want our daughter, Safiya, pardoned and her life spared. We do not want Nigerian motherhood stoned to death."
One of the placards carried by the aggrieved women specifically urged the governor to save the condemned lady for the sake of humanity saying "Tinubu, don't let them kill Safiya."
The protesters, gathered under the aegis of the Social Security Outreach (SSO) of the Pentecostal Federation of Nigeria (PFN) also appealed to Governor Tinubu's faith as a devout Muslim.