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We Won’t Let You Disrupt Anambra Guber Poll, FG Warns IPOB, Others

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We Won’t Let You Disrupt Anambra Guber Poll, FG Warns IPOB, Others

The Federal Authorities has stated it won’t enable any separatist group to disrupt the forthcoming November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.

 

The Federal Authorities has stated it won’t enable any separatist group to disrupt the forthcoming November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.

The Nationwide Safety Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (Retd) stated this on the third quarterly assembly of the Inter-Company Consultative Committee on Election Safety (ICCES) of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Abuja on Thursday.

His warning comes in opposition to the backdrop of among the latest actions of the proscribed Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB) within the Southeast a part of the nation.

PRESSINFORMANT reviews that in Might, unidentified hoodlums carried out collection of assaults on authorities amenities, together with setting ablaze the headquarters of INEC in Anambra State.

Whereas the police accused members of IPOB of being liable for the assaults, the group denied such allegation.

Mungono, represented by Sanusi Galadima, warned that authorities wouldn’t tolerate any group or individuals to disrupt the ballot.

“With the prevalence of safety threats occasioned by totally different dissident separatist teams within the Southern area of the nation, who’re bent on scuttling efforts of presidency in attaining nationwide cohesion and undermining the democratic processes within the nation, the Federal Authorities of Nigeria won’t tolerate any group or individuals planning to impede easy conduct of elections.

“Whereas acknowledging the constitutional rights of residents to freely categorical their legit grievances throughout the ambits of the regulation, it is usually vital to state that the Federal authorities won’t abdicate its constitutional duty of securing lives and property in addition to safe surroundings for residents to pursue their legit technique of livelihood,” he stated.

He, subsequently, assured of sturdy safety deployments to countering any threats and making certain peaceable conduct of the elections.

Talking earlier, the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated the fee had made association to exchange supplies that have been misplaced through the assault on its workplace in Akwa.

In line with him, plans have been additionally underway to rebuild the bodily amenities which, he stated can be accomplished earlier than the election.

“As you’re conscious, our workplace in Awka was attacked leading to intensive injury to the constructing and the destruction of crucial amenities for the election together with poll containers, voting cubicles, autos, energy turbines and several other non-sensitive supplies for the election. I’m glad to report that we’ve made association to exchange all misplaced movable supplies.

“Equally, we’re making efforts to rebuild the bodily amenities which shall be accomplished earlier than the election,” Yakubu stated.