CDD blames the activities of APC and PDP for the threat to the peaceful conduct of the governorship election.
has warned that the current tone of political engagements in Edo State poses a great threat to a smooth electoral process in the state.
CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, in a statement on Wednesday, cited the destruction of campaign billboards, exchange of verbal abuses by supporters of rival partisan camps in the state as some of the pre-election activities that could trigger violence over the poll. “CDD observers also reported that foot soldiers of politicians across the state, especially in rural communities, have engaged in the exchange of verbal abuses, hate songs and chants, capable of provoking violent confrontation at a localised level,” the group said.
“In one campaign rally in Okpella town in Etsako East Local Government Area, an open display of arms was documented,” the report noted.
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