Opinion: Edo: The Nigeria Police Force and INEC Connection, By Adegbenro Adebanjo
It will be benchmarked by the success or failure in Edo State. This is an opportunity for INEC to garnish its reputation with respectability. It should display fairness, neutrality and openness.
However, it is almost certain that the two camps will not heed the voice of reason. And this is where INEC, NPF and other security agencies come in. The security agencies, especially the Nigeria Police Force should be very professional in its activities in Edo State. There shouldn’t be any attempt to support any side in the crisis.
It will be benchmarked by the success or failure in Edo State. This is an opportunity for INEC to garnish its reputation with respectability. It should display fairness, neutrality and openness. The election should be run in such a way that everybody, including the main gladiators, internal and external observers and the generality of Nigerians will adjudge it as free and fair. The votes of the people must count and should determine the winner of the election.
NPF and INEC must be apolitical before, during and after the elections. That’s the only way to prevent the looming anarchy in Edo State. Adegbenro Adebanjo, former editor of Politics at TELL Magazine sent this piece via obanijesu@yahoo.com
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