The police in Anambra has warned that they would stop at nothing to ensure the success of the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election, irrespective of the call for the boycott of the election by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
The State Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, who spoke today, Saturday in Awka, the State Capital, in reaction to the call by the IPOB on residents of the state to boycott the November 18 governorship election, stressed that no person or group could stop the election in the State.
“We have the capacity to provide a peaceful atmosphere in Anambra State for that election. 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,” he said.
The police boss said that consultations are ongoing with relevant stakeholders in the state to ensure a peaceful poll. The 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.
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