By News
Express
The
police in Anambra on Saturday said no person or group could stop the
forthcoming governorship election in Anambra.
The
Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Garba Umar, said this in Awka while
reacting to the call by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on residents of
the state to boycott the Nov. 18 governorship election.
Umar told
journalists that he only heard about the said call for boycott of the election
in the media, adding that IPOB had not claimed responsibility.
He gave
an assurance that the police would ensure a peaceful election in the state.
“We have
the capacity to provide a peaceful atmosphere in Anambra State for that
election.
“I have
not heard from IPOB that it would stop the election apart from what was
published in the media. But that is for the media.
“Nobody
or group can issue such threat and succeed because we have all it will take to
subdue such threat.
“The
people of the state have the right to have periodic elections to choose their
leaders; nobody or group can stop them from exercising such right. We can’t
allow it.
“We are
fully on the ground and we can suppress such threats.”
Umar, who
assumed office in the state on June 21, said consultations were on with
relevant stakeholders in the state to ensure a peaceful poll.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that stakeholders, including political parties
and Ohanaeze, the apex Igbo socio-cultural body, had cautioned IPOB after it
called for the boycott of the guber poll.
(NAN)
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