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There will be no interference in elections, Ribadu vowsand the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Chris Musa, yesterday warned those poised to forment trouble during the forthcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states to steer clear of the states as they will be met with the full weight of the law.
The INEC Chairman had at the meeting, expressed concern about violent activities of party supporters in the three states. “We are aware of mobilisation by supporters of some candidates. We are already monitoring them and we are ready for them during this election. I appeal to those who just want to come out and disrupt this election to stay away.
“We want to show the people in those three states that there is no need to entertain any fear as the armed forces, the police and other security agents will be fully on ground.” He said “the security men know the code of conduct and what they are supposed to do and we have explained to them.“We have sent warnings and have court martial on standby and any member of the armed forces who misbehaves will have himself to blame. The court martial is operational already and we want to ensure that we act professionally in everything that we do.”
He said further that eligible voters in the three states will vote in all the 10,510 polling units, with the exception of two polling units in Bayelsa State and 38 in Imo State without registered voters. Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 11 governorship election remained disqualified based on the first amended list of the Independent National Electoral Commission and urged the Bayelsa electorate not to waste their votes on a party that is not on the ballot.
“In our second tenure, the other road that will be important to Bayelsa and even the people of Delta State and for the use of our airport will be to connect Igbedi to Kaiama. That will be the next project we will embark upon in our next tenure.” Eradiri spoke during his campaign tour with stakeholders and supporters of the LP to Nembe City, Opu Nembe and Otakeme community in Nembe and Ogbia local government areas.
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