The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga has raised the alarm of alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State, to use armed thugs to frustrate the March 18 elections in the state. Edeoga, who made the allegation in a statement issued on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to conduct an urgent audit of the guns approved for vigilante security services in the state to avert what he described as “a war” on the people of the state.
Enugu Government Has Distributed Guns, Police, Army Uniforms To 'PDP Thugs' Ahead Of March 18 Elections – Labour Party KicksEdeoga, who made the allegation in a statement issued on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to conduct an urgent audit of the guns approved for vigilante security services in the state to avert what he described as “a war” on the people of the state.
The former chairman, House Committee on Information, House of Representatives, accused the State Government and the PDP of distributing hired party thugs with arms, which were approved for procurement by the Federal Government for use to augment the efforts of the conventional security services in the state.
He accused the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission of allegedly conniving with the PDP and officials of the Enugu State Government to cause delays in the distribution of electoral materials as witnessed during the presidential election. Some of the local government areas the government and PDP have allegedly planned to unleash mayhem are Isi Uzo, Uzo Uwani, Igbo Eze North, Igbo Eze South and Udenu and some parts of the state capital, according to Edeoga while urging the security agencies to take steps to protect the integrity of the elections by providing adequate security for the people.
“We have it on good authority that the plans by these enemies of the state, is to strategically target many of the rural communities in the state, where, our intelligence has informed, disruption of voting and/or frustration of collation of results is their core objective.
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